Wide Sargasso Sea
Film200684 min5.6/10 on TMDB
Directed by Brendan Maher
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Rafe SpallEdward Rochester
Rebecca HallAntoinette Cosway
Nina SosanyaChristophine
Victoria HamiltonAunt Cora
Lorraine BurroughsAmelieAlex Robertson
Alex RobertsonRichard Mason
Karen MeagherGrace Poole
Fraser AyresDanielExplore the crew
- Writer
- Jean Rhys
- Producer
- Elwen Rowlands
- Writer
- Stephen Greenhorn
- Original Music Composer
- Nina Humphreys
- Director
- Brendan Maher
- Editor
- Victoria Boydell
- Director of Photography
- David Luther