The French director’s Austen-influenced romcom with a clever spin was inspired by a stint working at Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company ...

Jane Austen has been a popular author. Not only are her stories still read and studied by millions, but they are frequently adapted into television series and feature films. She has also been ...

On June 13, director Laura Piani makes her feature film debut with How Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a romantic comedy ...

Laura Piani’s film rises above comparisons not just with Austen’s work and the trad romcom but also with attempts to weave ...

Out now in cinemas is Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. This French romantic comedy follows Agathe (Camille Rutherford), a book ...

The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Camille Rutherford plays a French bookseller who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a writing residency named after her favorite author.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." As Agathe Robinson moved through the shelves of the famed ...

French writer Laura Piani tells IndieWire how she used her directorial debut as a modern way into Austen's smart brand of romantic comedy. Many film fans are starved for romantic stories right now ...

In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the ...

Laura Piani's rom-com about a love-challenged French writer is more "Persuasion" than "Emma," but still finds its own pains and pleasures with ease.