Sense and Sensibility
Lose your heart and come to your senses.
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son.These circumstances leave Mr.Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on.
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Worldwide
- $135M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
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The record
Awards
4 wins · 7 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 7 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
Berlin International Film Festival
1 win
- WinnerGolden Bear
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Sense and Sensibility returned 8.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $135M
- Release date
- Dec 13, 1995
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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