Wide Sargasso Sea

About Wide Sargasso Sea

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.

Wide Sargasso Sea is a 2006 romance film directed by Brendan Maher. At 84 minutes long, it arrived in October 2006.

Rafe Spall appears as Edward Rochester, Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway, Nina Sosanya as Christophine, and Victoria Hamilton as Aunt Cora. Written by Jean Rhys and Stephen Greenhorn. It comes from BBC Cymru Wales and Kudos. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under england, mother, insanity, and madness. In the United States it streams on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel.

Dr. No, Live and Let Die, and The Wedding Date make useful companions to Wide Sargasso Sea, all filed under jamaica and wedding.