Few film festivals give anyone the chance to sit next to a star director over dinner, so spinning the lazy susan in Rotterdam's favourite Chinese restaurant with Whit Stillman was a personal highlight unlikely to be eclipsed this year. Stillman's Love and Friendship, on the other hand, was a highlight for everyone at Rotterdam Film Festival.
Adapted from an unfinished novella by Jane Austen – which Stillman has finished for her, rather freely but with a faithful heart – Love and Friendship stars Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny – reunited after starring together in Stillman's first film, 1998's The Last Days of Disco – as a couple of genteel gold-diggers.

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