The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” ...

French writer Laura Piani tells IndieWire how she used her directorial debut as a modern way into Austen's smart brand of romantic comedy. Many film fans are starved for romantic stories right now ...

Filmmakers have been mining writer Jane Austen’s novels for screenplay material for decades. You can go all the way back to ...

In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is for the book lovers, not the romance lovers. Written and directed by Laura Piani, this French ...

She added, “This had never been written like this before Jane Austen, it was written by men: women were beautiful or miserable or evil. She created something that is extremely modern and resonates.

The romantic comedy film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life will be released in limited theaters across the United States on May 23, 2025. It was written and directed by Laura Piani and produced by ...