Wide Sargasso Sea

2006 • 1h 24m • Drama, Romance

5.6(15 votes)

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.

Director

Brendan Maher

Writers

Stephen Greenhorn, Jean Rhys

Status

Released