Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life stars Camille Rutherford as Agathe Robinson, a French bookseller who tries her hand at writing a romance novel, and finds herself at ...

Many film fans are starved for romantic stories right now, so when a sophisticated romantic comedy comes along, it’s a welcome balm in tough times. French writer Laura Piani had been churning out dark ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life will now open in theaters in select cities on May 23, 2025, before expanding nationwide on May 30. The film, written and directed by Laura Piani, had its world premiere at ...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is a catchy, provocative title for writer-director Laura Piani’s debut feature, but it is a bit of a misnomer. Her heroine, Agathe (Camille Rutherford), may harbor that ...

Naming your romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (now streaming on Netflix) inevitably saddles it with certain expectations. The big obvious one is the invocation of the Mighty Austen, whose ...

Laura Piani's fresh rom-com about a love-challenged French writer is more "Persuasion" than "Emma," but still finds its own pains and pleasures with ease. Agathe Robinson is beset by two classic ...

A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

For the last 250 years Jane Austen has been a popular author. Not only are her stories still read and studied by millions, but they are frequently adapted into television series and feature films. She ...

Camille Rutherford stars as a would-be romance writer who works at a Paris bookstore in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. (Sony Pictures Classics) On the stock exchange of literary acclaim, reputations ...

France is keeping the tradition of the romantic comedy alive with Jane Austen Wrecked My Life—aka Jane Austen a gâché ma vie, in French— a new, modern French rom-com that captures the spirit of Jane ...