Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

84 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 9, 2006

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.

Wide Sargasso Sea

84 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 9, 2006

Wide Sargasso Sea
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Kudos, BBC Wales
Original title Wide Sargasso Sea
Directors Brendan Maher
Writers Jean Rhys, Stephen Greenhorn

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

Karen Meagher

as Grace Poole

Fraser Ayres

as Daniel