LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor), Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Stephen Fry (Wilde), Emma Greenwell (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Morfydd Clark (The Falling), James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Jemma Redgrave (I’ll Be There), Tom Bennett (Shadow Dancer), Justin Edwards (Paddington)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Whit Stillman (Metropolitan), director, writer, producer; Lauranne Bourrachot (A Prophet) and Katie Holly (Sensation), producers; Benjamin Esdraffo (Miss and the Doctors), composer; Richard Van Oosterhout (Rosie), cinematographer; Sophie Corra (B-Side), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lady Susan Vernon (Beckinsale), recently widowed, arrives at her brother-in-law’s estate to escape the rumours about her private life. There, she becomes determined to seek out a new husband for herself and also for her reluctant daughter Frederica (Clark), soon embarking on a dangerous love affair with a married man…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jane Austen’s novel Lady Susan gets a big-screen update – including a new title taken from another one of her stories – all while never losing the core wit and sophistication we’ve come to expect from the author.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH MAY 2016

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