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The novel and film explore Jean Rhys's account of the West Indian Creole heiress, here called Antoinette Cosway, who marries the Englishman Mr. Rochester, and becomes his "madwoman in the attic" featured in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. For a full-length summary see: plot summary of Wide Sargasso Sea. Cast
Synopsis. A young Antoinette Cosway (Casey Burna) recalls her youth in 1844 Jamaica, growing up with her French-Creole mother, Annette (Rachel Ward), and younger brother Pierre (Dominic Needham). Since the abolition of slavery on the island and the financial collapse of Coulibri, the family's sugar plantation, Antoinette's English father drank ...
Apr 16, 1993 · Wide Sargasso Sea: Directed by John Duigan. With Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward, Michael York. A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- John Duigan
- 1993-04-16
May 7, 1993 · Wide Sargasso Sea. She is a beautiful woman who lives caught in a web of superstition and fear, on an island in the sun. He is a rakish, handsome young man from England, out to visit his friends and perhaps make his fortune. A marriage is arranged between them - a marriage no less attractive because she is the mistress of a great estate.
Dec 30, 2023 · 0. Wide Sargasso Sea: Book vs. Film - Summary & Analysis. ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ is a compelling novel written by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. Rhys, a British author of Caribbean descent, explores the complex backstory of the infamous character Bertha Mason from Charlotte Brontë ’s ‘Jane Eyre.’. In 2006, director Brendan Maher brought ...
Apr 16, 1993 · Written by Wuchak on May 30, 2019. In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon ...
Apr 23, 1993 · MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ Implausible but Atmospheric. By KENNETH TURAN. April 23, 1993 12 AM PT. TIMES FILM CRITIC. “Wide Sargasso Sea” is so soaked in atmosphere it feels ...
