"Jane Austen in Manhattan"
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Filmoteca de Catalunya Plaça Salvador Seguí 1-9, 08001 Barcelona
"Jane Austen in Manhattan" film still.
Jane Austen in Manhattan, James Ivory (UK, USA, 1980)
Jane Austen in Manhattan tells the story of two rival theatre companies competing to produce a play based on an incomplete script titled Sir Charles Grandison written by Austen at the young age of 14. The first group led by avant garde director Pierre employs George Midash to purchase the manuscript. Lilianna Zorska heads a troupe of Mozartian Operatic actors that is also vying for funding to produce her version.
The film centers around Ariadne Charlton, a young actress who moved to New York with her husband. Pierre manipulates Ariadne to leave her husband and commit to his unstable company. But as Lilianna begins to earn the young actress’s loyalty, events begin to parallel those occurring within the play and she is eventually whisked away by Lillian’s troupe.
Film will be screened in original version with subtitles in Catalan.
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