Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Laura Piani’s Jane Austen Wrecked My Life which is set to World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, September 9th.

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life stars Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (Three Nights a Week), Charlie Anson (Downtown Abbey) and Annabelle Lengronne (Mother and Son).

In the film, Agathe (Rutherford), hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions, finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. Instead, she spends her days selling books in the legendary British bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in Paris. Invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she must confront her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and put an end to wasting her sentimental life.

“I am incredibly excited to partner with Sony Pictures Classics on my debut feature and am thrilled for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life to start reaching audiences around the globe,” said Piani.

“We have been interested in this project for some time. Jane Austen has become a bit of a rock star in the marketplace and a new modern take as high in quality and warm and winning as Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, as directed by debut filmmaker, Laura Piani, is sure to be embraced by theatrical audiences,” stated Sony Pictures Classics.