Lady Susan's daughter, Frederica, who has been attending a boarding school her mother cannot afford, runs away and is expelled.
Reginald says their relationship is not romantic, however, he and Lady Susan soon reach a romantic understanding. When Reginald's father, Sir Reginald DeCourcy, learns of this, he warns Reginald against marrying Lady Susan lest the family name be sullied. Under the influence of the amiable but dull Charles, Reginald agrees to keep an open mind, and soon finds himself enchanted with Lady Susan. Johnson.Ĭatherine and her younger brother, Reginald DeCourcy, are aware of Lady Susan's reputation as a determined and accomplished flirt. Lady Susan frankly discusses her plans during visits to her trusted friend, the American Mrs. Cross head to Churchill, the country home of her brother-in-law, Charles Vernon and his wife, Catherine Vernon (née DeCourcy). After being turned out of the Manwaring estate due to her dalliance with the married Lord Manwaring, she and her unpaid companion Mrs. In the 1790s, the recently widowed and relatively young Lady Susan Vernon seeks a wealthy match for her only daughter, Frederica, and a wealthy husband for herself, to renew the state of her fortunes. Released theatrically on May 13, 2016, by Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios in North America, the film received critical acclaim and was a box office success in North America, though it was not widely released (peaking at 826 theaters in its second week).
The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Although adapted from Lady Susan, the film was produced under the borrowed title of Austen's juvenile story Love and Freindship. The film follows recently widowed Lady Susan in her intrepid and calculating exploits to secure suitably wealthy husbands for her daughter and herself. 1794, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, and Emma Greenwell. Based on Jane Austen's epistolary novel Lady Susan, written c. Love & Friendship is a 2016 period comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman.
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