SIMON: Laura Piani's debut feature film, "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," in theaters now. Thank you so much for joining us. PIANI: Thank you so much for inviting me.

Writer and director Laura Piani attends the Film Independent Special Screening of 'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life' at AMC The Grove 14 on May 05, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the first feature from writer-director Laura Piani. In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable ...

Agathe (Camille Rutherford), the charming protagonist of Laura Piani’s pleasant romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, dreams of being a writer.A bookseller in Paris, she spends her days ...

In Laura Piani's directorial debut, she boldly takes on modernizing Austen and manages to make overused tropes feel new again. Mostly in French, with some English thrown about, ...

A diet of romantic literature is a recipe for disappointment in real life, argues French director Laura Piani with “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” about an aspiring writer who’s convinced she ...

Laura Piani's How Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is premiering across UK cinemas this week, coinciding with events marking the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.

Director Laura Piani wanted a love story with bite, where the heroine saves herself first. Camille Rutherford brings that vision to life in a role that’s messy, funny, and deeply human. Under the ...

Agathe (Camille Rutherford), the charming protagonist of Laura Piani's pleasant romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, dreams of being a writer.A bookseller in Paris, she spends her days ...

SIMON: Laura Piani's debut feature film, "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," in theaters now. Thank you so much for joining us. PIANI: Thank you so much for inviting me.

SIMON: Laura Piani's debut feature film, "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," in theaters now. Thank you so much for joining us. PIANI: Thank you so much for inviting me.