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Renate Reinsve Leads Wollstonecraft Biopic “If Love Should Die”

5/21/2026

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Renate Reinsve will star as Mary Wollstonecraft in Mia Hansen-Løve’s biopic *If Love Should Die*, beginning shooting this summer.
The film, covering Wollstonecraft’s final 12 years and set on the eve of the French Revolution, is produced by Mubi, Caspian Films (UK) and Les Films Pelléas, with Jane Beever co-starring.
Wollstonecraft’s 1792 treatise *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* argues for equal education and underpins feminist and gender-equality activism.

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Story summary

Renate Reinsve will star as Mary Wollstonecraft in Mia Hansen-Løve’s biopic *If Love Should Die*, beginning shooting this summer.
The film, covering Wollstonecraft’s final 12 years and set on the eve of the French Revolution, is produced by Mubi, Caspian Films (UK) and Les Films Pelléas, with Jane Beever co-starring.
Wollstonecraft’s 1792 treatise *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* argues for equal education and underpins feminist and gender-equality activism.