Becoming Jane (2007)
Rating: 7.3/10
Duration: 120 min
Director(s): Julian Jarrold,
Description:
Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.
Cast
- Leo Bill as John Warren
- Maggie Smith as Lady Gresham
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Robert Fowle
- James Cromwell as Mr. Austen
- Julie Walters as Mrs. Austen
- Ian Richardson as Richter Langlois
- James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy
- Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen
- Joe Anderson as Henry Austen
- Laurence Fox as Mr. Wisley
- Chris McHallem as Mr. Curtis
- Lucy Cohu as Eliza de Feuillide
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Cassandra Austen
- Jessica Ashworth as Lucy Lefroy
- Michael James Ford as Mr. Lefroy