He speaks of carrying a wound, but I don’t see it. But again I don’t sense any brokenness in him. Austen by contrast had made clear that Anne wasn’t merely a spinster who still longed for love, but that she was wounded and had made little progress in mending.Īnn Firbank is also the most attractive woman in all her scenes, which of course is not a surprise for the central character in any movie but combined with her lack of visible brokenness, it makes you wonder how or why she’s remained unmarried.Ĭaptain Wentworth is played by Bryan Marshall and he is better than the ‘07 version, more outwardly optimistic and as magnetic as Austen says he is. She’s played by Ann Firbank, who was already 38 then, and who portrays Anne as not merely self-controlled but also serene in her longing, rather than troubled by it. She seems at ease in all society, and emotionally settled – someone fully matured.
This Anne doesn’t seem heartbroken (whereas ‘07 Anne was too much so). But I think Anne in ‘95 was a better characterization. It’s faithful to the original story and it gets many things right, including Mrs.
The 1971 BBC version of “Persuasion” is not a bad adaptation, even if it feels more like a play than a movie.
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