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Scents and Sensibility (2011)

Scents and Sensibility poster
Directed by
Brian Brough
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three sisters and their mother must leave their family home for a smaller cottage. The two eldest sisters each find love and face heartbreak that tests their different personalities.

lightheartedromanticwhimsicalgentlebreezycharmingmildly dramaticfeel-good

What happens

Sense and Sensibility (working title: Elinor and Marianne) is the debut novel by English author Jane Austen, appearing in 1811. It was published anonymously: By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. The novel is probably set between 1792 and 1797 and follows the three Dashwood sisters and their widowed mother as they are forced to leave the family estate in Sussex and move to a modest cottage on the property of a distant relative in Devon. There the two eldest girls experience love and heartbreak that tries the contrasting characters of both. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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