Jane Eyre

About Jane Eyre

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester.

Jane Eyre (1996) is a romance film directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Released in January 1996, it runs 113 minutes.

William Hurt takes the lead as Rochester, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane Eyre, Joan Plowright as Mrs. Fairfax, and Anna Paquin as Young Jane Eyre. Written by Franco Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitemore. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under shocking, baffled, tense, and bitter. It streams on fuboTV in the United States.

The Revenant, Manticore, and The Hunger Games make useful companions to Jane Eyre, all filed under 19th century. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 252 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.