No one knows your heart like a sister. That’s the line that anchors the first trailer for Focus Features and Working Title’s new take on “Sense and Sensibility,” offering a sweeping, emotionally charged glimpse at Jane Austen’s enduring story. The footage leans into the novel’s timeless themes—love, heartbreak, class, family, and the impossible expectations placed on women—while teasing a lush, romantic period drama built for modern audiences.
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Directed by Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean”) from a screenplay by Diana Reid, “Sense and Sensibility” stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as sisters navigating romance, loss, and the precarious social realities of their time. The trailer highlights their contrasting temperaments—one ruled by restraint, the other by passion—set against windswept landscapes, grand estates, and quietly devastating moments of longing. The cast also includes Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw.
The film is produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, India Flint, and Jo Wallett, with Thea Paulett and Angela Moneke serving as executive producers.
The official synopsis reads:
From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic “Sense and Sensibility”: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
Focus Features will release “Sense and Sensibility” in theaters on October 16.
