Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.

Sally Hawkins
as Anne Elliot

Rupert Penry-Jones
as Captain Wentworth

Alice Krige
as Lady Russell

Tobias Menzies
as William Elliot

Anthony Stewart Head
as Sir Walter Elliot

Julia Davis
as Elizabeth Elliot

Michael Fenton Stevens
as Mr. Shepherd

Mary Stockley
as Mrs. Clay

Peter Wight
as Admiral Croft

Marion Bailey
as Mrs. Croft
Peter McGinn
You may well ask, why should you watch this particular version of Jane Austen's Persuasion? well, settle in and let me tell you. I think I own almost every filmed version of every Austen novel. I find different strengths and weaknesses in all of them, but I would not trash any of them the way pe...