Wide Sargasso Sea

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.

• Release date
• October 9, 2006
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Brendan Maher

Cast

Rafe Spall Edward Rochester Rebecca Hall Antoinette Cosway Nina Sosanya Christophine Victoria Hamilton Aunt Cora Lorraine Burroughs Amelie

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Alex Robertson Richard Mason Karen Meagher Grace Poole Fraser Ayres Daniel