
Atonement(2007)
A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.


“Her own life is her greatest inspiration.”
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.

Anne Hathaway
Jane Austen

James McAvoy
Tom Lefroy

Julie Walters
Mrs. Austen

James Cromwell
Mr. Austen

Maggie Smith
Lady Gresham

Joe Anderson
Henry Austen

Lucy Cohu
Eliza de Feuillide

Laurence Fox
Mr. Wisley

Ian Richardson
Richter Langlois

Anna Maxwell Martin
Cassandra Austen
Becoming Jane is a romance, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of future, new love, judge, england, empowerment, country life. Directed by Julian Jarrold, it stars Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters. 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.
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