Sense and Sensibility (1995, film)

An film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility was released in 1995 to widespread praise. It was directed by Ang Lee from a script by actor Emma Thompson, who also starred in the film, and served as a film producer. The film won an Academy award.

plot

The plot of the closely follows Jane Austen's novel. After the passing of their father, the three young Dashwood sisters, and their mother, have to leave the grand estate, where they had been growing up, because it was entailed on a half-brother they barely know. When their brother, the heir, does not honor his father's deathbed plea to take care of his half-sisters, they have to search for a new place to live.

Distant relatives offer them a much smaller house, a "cottage", Barton Cottage, in rural Exeter. There the two older sisters, Elinor, the practical, level-headed sister, and 16-year-old Marianne, the dreamy, impetuous sister, are in love in relationships that seem hopeless. Both young women experience deep unhappiness, and both young women do, eventually, marry a man who loves them, and who they love back.

cast

Actors cast in the 2026 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility include:

image	character's name	actor's name	character's age	actor's age	notes
	Elinor Dashwood	Emma Thompson	19	35
	Marianne Dashwood	Kate Winslet	16
	Fanny Dashwood	Harriet Walter	23-29
	Edward Ferrars	Hugh Grant	24
	John Dashwood	James Fleet	30
	Mr. Dashwood	Tom Wilkinson
	John Willoughby	Greg Wise	25
	Colonel Brandon	Alan Rickman	35
	Charlotte Palmer	Imelda Staunton	20-25
	Sir John Middleton	Robert Hardy	40
	Mr. Palmer	Hugh Laurie	25