Watch Alicia Witt in the trailer for Modern Persuasion

A modern telling of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION. Wren Cosgrove is a happy, single, and self-confessed workaholic who, after rising to the top of the corporate ladder, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by Owen Jasper, “the man who got away,” long-lost feelings are stirred, giving Wren a second chance at true love.

Directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki, the film stars Alicia Witt, Shane McRae, Bebe Neuwirth, Daniella Pineda, Dominic Rains, Liza Lapira, Li Jun Li, Adrienne C. Moore, Rosanny Zayas, Christopher O’Shea, Mark St. Cyr, Tedra Millan, Jenn Harris, and Mark Moses.

Modern Persuasion is available on December 18th.