About the title
The story of the life and love of two sisters — the sensible Elinor and the passionate Marianne, whose happiness and future are overshadowed by their father's death and the loss of the family's great fortune. This adaptation of Jane Austen's novel tells of the sad fate of dowerless daughters of noble families and the heirs to great fortunes, forced to submit their choice of spouse to those on whose favor they depend. At the center of the narrative are two sisters, and the intertwining of their fates is traced over a number of years. Emma Thompson rewrote the screenplay seven times, and it went on to win an Oscar.