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Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters;
pragmatic Elinor (Thompson) and passionate, wilful
Marianne (Winslet). When their father, henry
Dashwood, dies, by law his estate must pass to the
eldest son from his first marriage. Suddenly homeless
and impovrished, his current wife and daughters find
themselves living in a simple country cottage.
The two sisters are soon accepted into their new
society. Marianne becomes swept up in a
passionate love affair with the dashing Willoughby
(Wise), while Elinor struggles to keep a tight rein on
the family purse strings and to keep her feelings for
Edward Ferrars (Grant), whom she left behind,
hidden from her family. Despite their different
personalities, they both experience great sorrow in
their affairs, but they learn to mix sense with
sensibility in a society that is obsessed with both
financial and social status.
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Language: English
Subtitles: English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian,
Cantonese, Italian, Russsian, Hebrew
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