Love & Friendship

About Love & Friendship

From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

Love & Friendship (2016) is a comedy romance film directed by Whit Stillman. The film is filed under 18th century and friendship.

Kate Beckinsale appears as Lady Susan Vernon, Xavier Samuel as Reginald DeCourcy, Morfydd Clark as Frederica Vernon, and Emma Greenwell as Catherine DeCourcy Vernon. Released in May 2016, it runs 94 minutes.

The screenplay is by Whit Stillman. Produced by Blinder Films. The film began as a novel. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone make useful companions to Love & Friendship. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 608 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.