Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane ( Becoming Jane ) is an American- British film biography of Jane Austen by Julian Jarrold from the year 2007.

Action

Jane Austen is growing at the end of the 18th century as a daughter of the Reverend Austen in the agricultural region of Hampshire. She is energetic, plays the piano and tried to write. Her family wants her to marry the wealthy Mr. Wisley, but she resists. This enrages her mother, who married out of love and then had to live in humble circumstances.

Jane learns the Irish -born Tom Lefroy know, the lawyer wants to be. He criticized their literary endeavors and gives her the novel ' The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling " by Henry Fielding for reading. Both falling in love itself. Lefroy she trips in London living, wealthy uncle before and will ask him for his blessing for their marriage, but he finds that someone has Jane his uncle against denounced as a dowry Slayer. Since Tom is completely dependent on money his uncle, he bends its prohibition of the wedding. After a brief separation, the two decide to elope together. When Jane, however, learns that Tom's large and poor family has to rely on the money that they give to them regularly, they dispensed with Tom.

Many years later the two meet again. Jane is now a successful and famous writer, but still single, Tom Lefroy is married and named his eldest daughter after Jane.

Reviews

Derek Elley wrote in the journal Variety of 8 March 2007, the film same in all aspects except for the title of the film Pride and Prejudice. Anne Hathaway showed her talent.

Stella Papamichael praised in written for the BBC criticism of 9 March 2007 the charm of leading man. The film was first a social satire, then he would melodrama. Anne Hathaway as " delightfully graceful Elan " on.

The lexicon of the International film proclaims: " No biography but a purely fictional melodrama, which transmits the literary structures of the Jane Austen novels, the protagonist Jane Austen. The result is both elegant facilities cinema and a sensitive portrait of society that does but without the ironic and detached tone of the author. "

Awards

The film won the Truly Moving Sound Award at the Heartland Film Festival in 2007. He also got the title especially valuable given before his theatrical release of the film rating Wiesbaden.

Background

The film was shot in Ireland. His cost of production was estimated at 12.5 million euros. The film had its world premiere on March 2, 2007 at the Wonthaggi International Film Festival; in British cinemas, he launched on 9 March 2007 and in the U.S. - August 3, 2007 (selected theaters ) or August 10, 2007 ( wide release ). The film played in British cinemas until April 1, 2007, approximately 3 million pounds sterling a. The German theatrical release was on October 3, 2007 .. In Germany the film had 128 479 viewers.

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