Persuasion (1995) - Enzian Theater

***WINNER*** - 5 BAFTA Awards, including: Best Drama

Purchase “A Year with Austen” Series Pass to see all four films for just $40!

Welcome to a time where Empire-waisted wit is sharp, and love is found in the most unexpected of places! Where the art of conversation is as important as the plot itself—often more so—and the pursuit of happiness is a delicate dance of propriety and passion. With our special “A Year with Austen” Badge you can see all 4 of our Jane Austen’s 250^thBirthday Celebration films for one discounted price. Now, sit back, sip your tea, and enjoy a romp through a pastoral landscape, where everyone may be too proud or too prejudiced, but they’re always too fabulous to resist!

Persuasion:

30^th Anniversary!

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot (Amanda Root, Jane Eyre, The Iron Lady) rejected Frederick Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds, Harry Potter), the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Frederick Wentworth. With their roles reversed and Captain Wentworth the eligible and wealthy bachelor, Anne navigates the scheming society that still tries to keep them apart in this lavish and sweeping romance from director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and screenwriter Nick Dear (National Theater Live: Frankenstein).

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. In honor of this literary giant, Enzian Theater and the Winter Park Library will celebrate with “A Year with Jane Austen”. Scheduled throughout the year, The Winter Park Library will read each of Austen’s six novels as well as screen various adaptations of the accompanying films and miniseries at both the Library and at Enzian Theater. Purchase “A Year with Austen” Series Pass to see all four films for just $40!

1995, 103 minutes, UK/USA/France, Directed by Roger Michell, Rated PG

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“Michell's approach to Persuasion indicates that he is the rarest of literary translators -- one who is genuinely interested in a work's themes, its characters and what the author has to say about the world in which they exist.”
– Hal Hinson, WASHINGTON POST
“Austen fans: Prepare to be swept away.”
– Peter Stack, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“The film offers the same pleasures as an Austen novel, as the audience sinks into a comforting, orderly world where life-shattering disruptions are handled with elegant ease.”
– Caryn James, NEW YORK TIMES
“As gloriously romantic as it is giddily hilarious, Persuasion gives you a ruefully knowing smile as it sides with the wise heart. You leave the theater feeling better about everything.”
– Elanor Ringel Cater, FILM SCOUTS
“Following the novel with unhurried fidelity, the film is as faithful to Austen as Anne Elliot is to the man of her dreams.”
– Susan Tavernetti, PALO ALTO WEEKLY