Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

2025 98 min ★ 6.0 Comedy, Romance, Drama

An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.

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Cast

Camille Rutherford

Agathe

Pablo Pauly

Felix

Charlie Anson

Oliver

Annabelle Lengronne

Cheryl

Liz Crowther

Beth

Alan Fairbairn

Todd

Lola Peploe

Olympia

Alice Butaud

Mona

Roman Angel

Tom

Laurence Pierre

Rosemarie

Details

Director

Laura Piani

Tagline

"A young woman in Paris, who dreams of becoming a successful writer and experiencing true love, may finally have her Jane Austen moment..."

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Revenue

$1,176,969

Production

Pictanovo, Les Films du Veyrier, Sciapode

Reviews

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Nathalia_Koch

October 11, 2025

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life captures, with irony, melancholy, and tenderness, the emotional and creative labyrinth of its protagonist, Agathe. At first glance, the film seems to be about a writer facing creative block, but it quickly becomes clear that her struggle with writing is only the surface of a deeper internal conflict — one that ties together trauma, memory, and the way literature shapes ...