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Becoming Jane (2-Mar-2007)

Director: Julian Jarrold

Writers: Kevin Hood; Kevin Hood

Keywords: Romantic Drama

Biographical drama follows a young Jane Austen's relationship with a handsome Irishman.

ABSTRACT
Jane Austen is a precocious, individualistic young woman living in a time when women are expected to be exclusively subservient figures, desiring to forge her own path in life despite her parents' wishes to marry her off to a wealthy older man. Jane crosses paths with working-class Irishman Tom Lefroy, a wisecracking, intelligent young commoner after her heart, embarking on a romance poised to shake up the prevailing social order in a way that could jeopardize their relationships with their respective families.

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