Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Frederick Wentworth. With their roles reversed and Captain Wentworth the eligible and wealthy bachelor, Anne navigates the scheming society that still tries to keep them apart.

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, this period movie tells the story of Anne Elliot, spinster daughter of a British nobleman. Anne is unduly influenced by her society-oriented family's preference for a gentleman match and turns away a love interest, only to cross paths with him again seven years later. The movie explores societal conventions around marriage and class in 19th century England.

A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaption of Jane Austen's classic love story. Anne and Wentworth are the star crossed lovers whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is in the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will there second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart be persuaded by rules of its own?

The film is set in 19th-century England, eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded by others to reject captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage. Persuasion follows the two as they become reacquainted with each other while supporting characters threaten to interfere.