A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Cinematography
That dawn walk through mist? Single-take magic.
Score
Dario Marianelli's piano = literal goosebumps.
Costume
Keira's green dress haunts my dreams.
Director
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley
Elizabeth Bennet
Matthew Macfadyen
Mr. Darcy
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs. Bennet
Rosamund Pike
Jane Bennet
Carey Mulligan
Kitty Bennet
Jena Malone
Lydia Bennet
Talulah Riley
Mary Bennet
Donald Sutherland
Mr. Bennet
Simon Woods
Mr. Bingley
Judi Dench
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Tom Hollander
Mr. Collins
Rupert Friend
Mr. Wickham
Kelly Reilly
Caroline Bingley
Claudie Blakley
Charlotte Lucas
Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Gardiner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous dawn walk wasn't in the script — Wright added it after seeing mist on location, and they had three minutes of perfect light to shoot it.
This adaptation deliberately compressed timelines and heightened sensuality to compete with 1995's iconic BBC version, sparking decade-long 'Colin Firth vs. Matthew Macfadyen' wars.
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