Wide Sargasso Sea

The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.

Wide Sargasso Sea — Plot

In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

• Release date
• April 16, 1993
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Thriller, Drama, Romance
• Director
• John Duigan

Wide Sargasso Sea — Cast

Karina Lombard Antoinette Cosway Nathaniel Parker Edward Rochester Rachel Ward Annette Cosway Michael York Paul Mason Martine Beswick Aunt Cora Claudia Robinson Christophene

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Paul Campbell Young Bull Naomi Watts Fanny Grey