Simply perfect! From the cast to the production design and direction, this bbc film is the best and most definitive version of Jane Austen's last and (for me) best novel. Anne Eliot as played by Amanda Root starts out as tired and pale when we first meet her, as her previously rejected suitor Captain Wentworth returns. Ciaran Hinds is probably a little old, but the perfection of Fiona Shaw, Corin Redgrave, Sophie Thompson and pretty much everyone else raises this film. Shout out to that gorgeous opera song too. A masterpiece!
Review of Persuasion
