Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Ahead Of TIFF World Premiere

Anthony D'Alessandro
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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights to Laura Piani’s Jane Austen Wrecked My Life ahead of the pic’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

SPC took rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe as well as worldwide airlines.  The movie will debut at TIFF on Monday, September 9.

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In the film, written by Piani, Agathe (Camille Rutherford), hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions, finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. Instead, she spends her days selling books in the legendary bookshop Shakespeare & Company in Paris. Invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she must confront her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and put an end to wasting her sentimental life.

Pic also stars Pablo Pauly (Three Nights a Week), Charlie Anson (Downton Abbey) and Annabelle Lengronne (Mother and Son) and is produced by Gabrielle Dumon.

“We are thrilled to see this film entrusted to Sony Pictures Classics, a studio with a rich history of bringing Jane Austen’s world to life on screen. Their extensive experience with such stories ensures that Laura Piani’s debut will be handled with the utmost care and expertise. We look forward to the film’s journey and are confident that it will be a worthy addition to SPC’s distinguished legacy,” said The Bureau Sales, who negotiated the deal with SPC.

“I am incredibly excited to partner with Sony Pictures Classics on my debut feature and am thrilled for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life to start reaching audiences around the globe,” added Piani.

“We have been interested in this project for some time.  Jane Austen has become a bit of a rock star in the marketplace and a new modern take as high in quality and warm and winning as Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, as directed by debut filmmaker, Laura Piani, is sure to be embraced by theatrical audiences,” said SPC brass in a statement.

Financiers behind the movie include French broadcasters CANAL+ and CINé+, regional funds Pictanovo (Région Hauts-de-France) and Région Ile-de-France, Sofica INDéFILMS 12, French distributor Paname Distribution and international sales agent, The Bureau Sales.

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