Screen Two

Screen Two· Season 11 · Episode 3

Persuasion

S11E03·April 16, 1995·BBC Two

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, this period movie tells the story of Anne Elliot, spinster daughter of a British nobleman. Anne is unduly influenced by her society-oriented family's preference for a gentleman match and turns away a love interest, only to cross paths with him again seven years later. The movie explores societal conventions around marriage and class in 19th century England.

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