2007 · drama · romance · tv-movie
Persuasion
Directed by Adrian Shergold1h 33m2007
Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?
Our read: Persuasion (2007) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded drama · romance · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, measured, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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