The Jane Austen Club
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Jane Austen Club |
| Original title | The Jane Austen Book Club |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robin Swicord |
| script | Robin Swicord Karen Joy Fowler |
| production |
John Calley Julie Lynn Diana Napper |
| music | Aaron Zigman |
| camera | John Toon |
| cut | Maryann Brandon |
| occupation | |
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The Jane Austen Club is an American romantic drama from 2007. The film by director Robin Swicord is based on the bestselling novel by writer Karen Joy Fowler .
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Sylvia is left by her husband Daniel for another woman after twenty years of marriage. Her friend Bernadette then founds a "Jane Austen Book Club" with which she would like to give Sylvia other thoughts. In this club, the six novels of the British writer Jane Austen are to be discussed. Six novels, six members. Sylvia's best friend, single and dog breeder Jocelyn, brings her coincidentally known Grigg as the only man into the group. His only motivation for membership is to score points with Jocelyn and get to know her better. Sylvia's lesbian daughter Allegra only joins the club for the sake of her mother. The unhappily married French teacher Prudie, who runs the risk of starting a relationship with one of her students, is sixth in the round. The club members meet monthly to discuss one of Austen's works. Gradually it becomes clear that the love life of the individual club members coincides with the storylines of the novels.
Locations
The film was made exclusively in California . Filming locations were Encino , Lakewood High School in Lakewood , Long Beach Airport in Long Beach , Santa Monica , Santa Clarita , Westlake Village and the boroughs of Northridge , North Hollywood and Van Nuys in Los Angeles .
Reviews
Several film magazines complain about this comedy that the film essentially requires knowledge of Jane Austen's life's work in order to understand all the allusions and characters of this film.
"Conclusion: Shallow feel-good romance with a strong ensemble - of which little remains without prior knowledge."
“Conclusion: A lot of small aside notes only make sense once you have read the books. It can easily lead to confusion if one cannot assign the heroes of the novel in the discussions and thus does not understand the references to the novels. "
"The film, which is largely shallow despite a few beautiful moments, wants to touch the audience's emotions by all means, but largely lacks the subtlety of the author to whom the film and its characters feel committed."
Web links
- The Jane Austen Book Club in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Jane Austen Club. In: Cinema , Hubert Burda Media , accessed on August 23, 2018.
- ↑ Karolin Werner: The Jane Austen Club. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016 ; accessed on August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ The Jane Austen Club. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 23, 2018 .