From Sensibilidad to Prada to Nada
Alert Janeite Elizabeth noticed a tweet from Production Weekly, which Elizabeth says is “usually very reliable,” stating that filming will begin in early November on “From Prada to Nada,” the new name for Sense and Sensibilidad, a modern-set adaptation of S&S set in the Latino community of Los Angeles.
Alert Janeite Cinthia did a little more digging and found a listing for the film on Hollywood.com, which includes a synopsis with some new information.
A Latina version of Jane Austen’s classic novel set in modern-day Los Angeles. Two sisters, one a young beauty who chooses passion over logic, the other a law student whose fixed moral compass keeps her from following her desires, are uprooted from their luxurious home when their father suddenly passes away. Out of money and out of options, the women move into their Great Aunt Aurelia’s modest, but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood where they find themselves thrown into a world that, despite their heritage, seems completely foreign. Over time, they discover the beauty of the culture they once fought so desperately to hide. And in the process they find the one thing that had eluded them: love.
Jane is going multicultural! IMDB lists the release date as 2011.
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Thanks again!
…I don’t like new name at all…
I agree with you, Carmen. The theme of S&S is not about going from “riches to rags” as this new title implies.
It is a catchy title, however, and may be a “gancho” to get more Hispanics interested in Jane Austen. ¡Ojalá!
I don’t really like the title, either. It’s too light. Sounds a bit too Confessions of a Shopaholic to me.
That’s the point ladies, ¡si, señor! XD. It’s too light, too commercial. S&S is more than rich girl turned to Cinderella. Also, I’m wondering about Prada’s power in USA…I know it’s about the catchy title, but it seems that there’s nothing more than Prada…
Anyway, I’d like to know the cast…It would be fun to know who’s going to have a role. It would be interesting if new coronel wouldn’t have hispanic roots or the Ferrars, so there would be racial prejudice apart from money issues. We’ll see
I just read that “O Prada o Nada” is a 2007 book by Spanish authoress Margarita Puig. It is subtitled “A Luxurious Guide to Happiness.” It looks like the title was filched from Ms. Puig’s book to replace “Sense and Sensibilidad.”
I didn’t know that, baja Janeite, maybe a coincidence…;)