“Sense and Sensibility” Puts the Dashwood Sisters’ Bond at the Heart of a New Adaptation

The film, directed by Georgia Oakley and written by Diana Reid, is showing exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas, according to its release.

A new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” brings the relationship between sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood into focus, combining romance, family upheaval and the author’s sharp humor.

According to the supplied announcement, the film is now showing exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas.

Georgia Oakley directs, with a screenplay by Diana Reid, whose novel Love & Virtue helped inspire producer India Flint to approach her for the adaptation.

Finding Austen’s humor in a new voice

Flint said Reid’s ability to capture the voice of her generation made her well suited to interpreting Austen.

The connection was not only about romance. Austen’s observations about awkward relationships, frustrating behavior and social expectations offered material that Reid found familiar in contemporary life.

“Just because the labels have changed, doesn’t mean that people have,” Reid said.

Her approach seeks to preserve the wit alongside the emotional stakes, allowing the characters’ disappointments and hopes to feel recognizable to a new audience.

Two sisters, different responses to emotion

The story follows Marianne and Elinor Dashwood as their lives change after their father’s death.

Both sisters face love and heartbreak, but their responses differ.

Reid describes Elinor as caught between duty and desire, often considering other people’s needs. Marianne pursues what she wants more openly and passionately.

Their bond provides continuity as circumstances around them change.

Sisterhood as the central relationship

Oakley said the sisters’ relationship drew her to the project.

She sees their contrasting temperaments as competing impulses that can exist within the same person, giving the adaptation an emotional center beyond its romantic storylines.

The film’s focus on sisterhood brings family loyalty into the foreground: how two people with different instincts understand, challenge and support one another.

Audiences can watch the trailer and check Ayala Malls Cinemas’ current listings for participating locations and screening times.

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