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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

2025 · 98 min

A gentle, bookish romantic comedy that feels like a warm, meandering stroll through literary daydreams and quiet heartaches.

Directed by
Laura Piani
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson
Tagline
A young woman in Paris, who dreams of becoming a successful writer and experiencing true love, may finally have her Jane Austen moment...
Overview
An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.

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Directed by
Laura Piani
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Laura Piani
Written by
Laura Piani
Starring
Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn, Lola Peploe, Alice Butaud
Music
Peter Von Poehl
Cinematography
Pierre Mazoyer
Runtime
98 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French

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