Wide Sargasso Sea

1993 • 1h 38m • Thriller, Drama, Romance

65%Rotten Tomatoes

The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.

In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

Director

John Duigan

Writers

Jan Sharp, Carole Angier

Status

Released