It seems the world can’t get enough of Jane Austen adaptations, and there’s another one coming later this year: Focus Features. Feeling and sensitivityled by Ordinary people Stars Daisy Edgar-Jones.
The studio released the official trailer for the film on Thursday, which shows Edgar-Jones in the formidable role of Elinor Dashwood; Esmé Creed-Miles as her sexy sister Marianne; and Bodhi Rae Breathnach as their younger brother Margaret. Caitriona Balfe, from Outlander Fame plays their mother, Mrs. Dashwood.
Georgia Oakley’s film, adapted by Diana Reed and in theaters from October, follows one of Austen’s most beloved stories. When Henry Dashwood died, he left his wife and three daughters an inheritance of only £500 a year. In a shock to them all, a large portion of his estate has been left to a son from his first marriage, John (Tom Brooke), whose wife Fanny (Stacy Martin) is thrilled to immediately move into their large house.
But this is a scandal-filled love story, of course, and Edgar Jones’ Elinor soon finds herself the love interest of Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), while Marianne juggles between two different men: the deceitful John Willoughby (Frank Dillane) and the gentlemanly Colonel Brandon (Herbert Nordrum). Fiona Shaw plays a supporting role as Mrs. Jennings.
In the trailer, the young women feel despondent over their sudden destitution. John, now the owner of Norland Park, seems sympathetic, but their arrival also brings Fanny’s handsome brother, Edward, and sparks fly when he and Elinor meet for the first time. Creed Miles teases her sister about her crush on Edward: “I appreciate him!” Edgar Jones says late at night from the safety of their bedroom.
“A man who loves me must burn with it, with all his emotions, without the slightest restraint or hesitation,” Marianne says after hitting her sister with a pillow. Then Dillane’s Willoughby appears, having come to rescue Marianne. Carriage rides and Regency-era balls ensued. “I was wondering, Miss Dashwood, if I might ask you…” Mackay’s character sheepishly says to Elinor, before cutting to an emotional Edgar-Jones. “It’s a magical idea that one’s happiness depends entirely on someone else. That’s not always possible,” she says.
It is the first film adapted from Feeling and sensitivity Since the 1995 release with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman – the same film that won Thompson the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing alongside November Pictures’ India Flint and Joe Wallett. The project follows the collaboration between Focus and the working title in the 2005 adaptation of pride and prejudiceanother classic Austen novel, was adapted in 2020 from Austen’s novel whatever.
Watch the official trailer for Feeling and sensitivity less.
