Becoming Jane

Directed by Julian Jarrold

With Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.