Wide Sargasso Sea

Oct 9, 2006

1h 24m

★ 5.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales

Kudos

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Cast

Edward Rochester

Rafe Spall

Antoinette Cosway

Rebecca Hall

Christophine

Nina Sosanya

Aunt Cora

Victoria Hamilton

Amelie

Lorraine Burroughs

Richard Mason

Alex Robertson

Grace Poole

Karen Meagher

Daniel

Fraser Ayres

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