The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, 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.
Emilie François is an English producer and former child actress, best known for her role as Margaret Dashwood, the youngest sister, in Sense and Sensibility (1995). She graduated from Cambridge in 2003 and converted to Islam, where under the name Myriam Francois-Cerrah she became a media spokeswoman for Muslim understanding.
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