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Wide Sargasso Sea
2006 6.1 (13 votes) 1h 24m
Genres
Drama Romance
Production Companies
BBC Cymru Wales
Kudos

Wide Sargasso Sea

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

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Elwen Rowlands

Director: Brendan Maher

Writer: Stephen Greenhorn, Jean Rhys

Top Cast

Rafe Spall
Rafe Spall

Edward Rochester

Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall

Antoinette Cosway

Nina Sosanya
Nina Sosanya

Christophine

Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton

Aunt Cora

Lorraine Burroughs
Lorraine Burroughs

Amelie

Alex Robertson

Richard Mason

Karen Meagher
Karen Meagher

Grace Poole

Fraser Ayres
Fraser Ayres

Daniel

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