Currently filming Brideshead Revisited, helmer Julian Jarrold's Kinky Boots was also a Miramax release. Written by Kevin Hood, this is set in the late 18th century, the film portrays Austen’s encounters with the modern, roguish young Irishman, Tom Lefroy (McAvoy) and imagines how their romantic encounter could have influenced some of her most famous novels that followed. In this fascinating period in Austen’s life, the film also shows the 20 year old’s determination to succeed in an era when independent thought was not part of the everyday etiquette and women’s choices were severely limited.
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