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Well-versed viewers will find similarities with rom-coms like Bridget Jones and Notting Hill in this sweet yet strange ...
2025, R, 94 min. Directed by Laura Piani. Starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Annabelle Lengronne, Liz Crowther. REVIEWED By Kimberley Jones, Fri., June 20, 2025 Tweet print ...
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a first feature from the French writer-director Laura Piani. AP If she’s holding out for her own version of Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, she could be waiting ...
One such weed is Laura Piani, the French writer-director of the new film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, who has chronicled Whitman’s handover to his daughter, Sylvia.
Laura Piani, making her feature debut, is, of course, also gesturing back to the 19th century. All those classic romcom plots, antipathy melting into affection, are deeply in debt to Austen herself.
Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life isn’t quite as playful a film as its title suggests. But it’s an old-school soul-soother – the kind Richard Curtis used to make back in ...
Writer and director Laura Piana speaks to THN about her directorial feature debut, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.
Plus they give their verdict on Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, inspired by actual experiences of Laura Piani, who is making her directorial debut with this film. Tom also talks to Visual Art Curator Sim ...
Perhaps not in a contemporary setting. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a new, low-budget French film and the debut feature of its scriptwriter and director Laura Piani, illuminatingly tests the ...
Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on Austen's wit.
Filmmaker and writer Laura Piani opens up about her creative process and shares how Jane Austen's timeless wit really helps her add a humorous flair to her writing. Check out the full video right ...