Following their father’s death, two sisters are evicted from their beloved home along with their mother and younger sister. Amid a harsh reality where their very survival is threatened, the composed and rational elder sister Elinor and the passionate, candid younger sister Marianne each confront life, love, and an unjust world in their own distinct ways. True to the intent of Jane Austen’s early working title Elinor and Marianne, Sense and Sensibility shifts focus beyond mere romantic entanglements to center on the sisters’ own narrative and psychological solidarity. Where as Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility (1995) served as the quintessential classic lyrical romance, director Georgia Oakley focuses instead on the oppressive social structures and the sheer urgency of survival of the era. The synergy between Daisy Edgar-Jones’s deep internal performance and Esme Creed-Miles’s raw energy transforms the sisters’ coming-of-age journey into a modern, multidimensional portrait set against the realistic miseen- scene of the 19th-century English countryside.
Georgia Oakley is a British filmmaker and screenwriter. Her debut feature, Blue Jean (2022), won the People′s Choice Award in the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section at the Venice Film Festival, earned a nomination for Outstanding Debut at the BAFTA Film Awards, and won Best Debut Screenwriter at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Her earlier short films were also met with acclaim, receiving invitations to festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca, and the New York Film Festival. Sense and Sensibility is her second feature film and is scheduled for release in the United States later this year.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
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