Film
Wide Sargasso Sea
2006· 15· 1h 24m· Drama· Romance
“Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre”
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.
2006-10-09
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Key Crew
DirectorBrendan Maher
WriterJean Rhys
ProducerElwen Rowlands
Director of PhotographyDavid Luther
Original Music ComposerNina Humphreys
EditorVictoria Boydell
Full cast & crew (8 cast · 15 crew)
Details
Released2006-10-09
Runtime1h 24m · 15
StatusReleased
StudiosBBC Cymru Wales · Kudos
Budget$2M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating5.6/10 · 15 votes
Original languageen
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