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Sense and Sensibility
Lose your heart and come to your senses.
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
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Synopsis
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
More about Sense and Sensibility
Cast
Emma ThompsonElinor Dashwood
Kate WinsletMarianne Dashwood
Alan RickmanColonel Christopher Brandon
Hugh GrantEdward Ferrars
Gemma JonesMrs. Dashwood
Greg WiseJohn Willoughby
Elizabeth SpriggsMrs. Jennings
Imogen StubbsLucy SteeleCredits
- Directed by
- Ang Lee
- Written by
- Emma Thompson, Jane Austen
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $134.6M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States
Mirage EnterprisesUnited States
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