Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide.
- Date of release
- 2006-10-09
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Brendan Maher
Casting
- Rafe Spall — Edward Rochester
- Rebecca Hall — Antoinette Cosway
- Nina Sosanya — Christophine
- Victoria Hamilton — Aunt Cora
- Lorraine Burroughs — Amelie
- Alex Robertson — Richard Mason
- Karen Meagher — Grace Poole
- Fraser Ayres — Daniel
Interesting facts
- Based on: Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.
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