Samuel LoveJane Austen Wrecked My Life, a warm-hearted and charming French rom-com now available on DVD and Blu-ray from Icon Film Distribution, is a stealthy contender for the best on-screen romance of the year. The film follows a Parisian bookseller (Camille Rutherford) who finds herself in a love triangle during a Jane Austen Writers Residency in the English countryside. The film may follow familiar beats, but there’s a lot of heart here and an original take on Jane Austen’s works. With gorgeous scenery and sharp, witty dialogue, this is a wonderfully charming film that feels like a throwback to the glory days of the rom-com.
Synopsis
Agathe, hopelessly clumsy yet charming, and full of contradictions, dreams of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. Instead she finds herself stuck in desperate singlehood, spending her days working in the legendary British bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in Paris, rather than pursuing her own ambitions of becoming a novelist. But when an unexpected invitation to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England lands in her lap, Agathe is in for an eye-opening and life-changing experience. Encouraged to confront her insecurities and explore her true romantic, sexual and creative nature, in part thanks to her eccentric co-residents, Agathe realises it’s time to stop wasting her sentimental life and take control – over both her writing aspirations, and her very own love story.
Starring Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (The French Dispatch) and Charlie Anson (Death on the Nile), Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is an uplifting and heart-warming throwback to classic romance, with a modern sensibility, marking the directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter Laura Piani.
JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE is available now on DVD and Blu-ray from Icon Film Distribution
