This is the Jane Austen BBC, A&E movie, 1996, starring Kate Beckinsale
and Mark Strong. In Jane Austen's way, it is a romantic comedy
involving the British upper society. It has Emma arranging marriages,
and doing rather poorly except with regards to her governess. She next
sets up a young woman of questionable background with the vicar, and
this turns our badly; although the vicar does propose to her, Emma. It isn't
until after her for her good neighbor confronts her bad behavior at a
party, that she starts to realize she loves the neighbor, and when another suitor
appears, she finds herself even more in love. This movie has the
Austen charm and is well done. This version is better received than the
feature version produced about the same time. Kate Beckinsale is
lovely in her role, and we all hate the vicar's wife, someone from
outside the community who happens to have an inheritance but also has
airs.
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