Taiwan’s Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) was a bold but inspired choice of director for this adaptation of Jane Austen’s tale of the Dashwood sisters – sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) and the more romantically inclined Marianne (Kate Winslet) – looking for love in reduced circumstances after losing their country estate on the death of their father.

Thompson, whose Oscar-winning screenplay gives a mildly feminist spin to the sisters’ plight, provides the film’s quiet and wistful heart amidst eye-catching performances from a gallery of British acting talent, including Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and the young Kate Winslet (Oscar-nominated in only her third film role).

Sense and Sensibility will include an exclusive-to-cinemas video introduction from Emma Thompson.