Wide Sargasso Sea

Name: Wide Sargasso Sea
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2006-10-09
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton, Lorraine Burroughs

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

5.6(15 votes)

2006

1h 24m

DramaRomance

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Overview

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.