HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- This year marks the 250th anniversary of author Jane Austen's birth. The renowned English novelist, primarily known for six books, still has legions of fans around the world. There ...

Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life stars Camille Rutherford as Agathe Robinson, a French bookseller who tries her hand at writing a romance novel, and finds herself at ...

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by ...

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Let me be clear right up front here: Some of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" takes place at Shakespeare and Company, the longtime independent bookstore on Paris' Left Bank, and most of the rest of it ...

‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: A Writer Confronts the Terrors of Romance and a Blank Page in Laura Piani’s Charming Debut Camille Rutherford plays a French bookseller who gets the opportunity ...

Credits: Directed by Laura Piani, starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly and Charlie Anson. Rating/runtime: R for language, some sexual content and nudity; 98 minutes. How to watch: In theaters.

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is a catchy, provocative title for writer-director Laura Piani’s debut feature, but it is a bit of a misnomer. Her heroine, Agathe (Camille Rutherford), may harbor that ...

France is keeping the tradition of the romantic comedy alive with Jane Austen Wrecked My Life—aka Jane Austen a gâché ma vie, in French— a new, modern French rom-com that captures the spirit of Jane ...

This image shows Camille Rutherford in a still from the film "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." (Sony Pictures Classics via AP) Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani ...