Drama ·Romance · United Kingdom · 2006 · 1h 24m

Wide Sargasso Sea

Director

Cast

Rafe Spall as Edward Rochester Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway Nina Sosanya as Christophine Victoria Hamilton as Aunt Cora Lorraine Burroughs as Amelie Alex Robertson as Richard Mason

Crew

David Luther — Director of Photography Victoria Boydell — Editor Nina Humphreys — Original Music Composer Jean Rhys — Writer Stephen Greenhorn — Writer Elwen Rowlands — Producer

Tagline

Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

mother based on novel or book england insanity jamaica imprisonment prequel wedding madness attic

Key Collaborators

Brendan Maher Director David Luther Director of Photography Victoria Boydell Editor Nina Humphreys Original Music Composer Jean Rhys Writer Stephen Greenhorn Writer Elwen Rowlands Producer Stevie Herbert Production Design Les Lansdown Costume Design

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