Karina Lombard
Antoinette Cosway
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Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993 Australian film directed by John Duigan, and starring Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker. It is an adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.
- $1,614,784
- 16 April 1993 (US)
- Jan Sharp
- Stewart Copeland
Apr 16, 1993 · A movie based on Jean Rhys' novel, which explores the hidden past of Antoinette Cosway, the first wife of Edward Rochester from Jane Eyre. The film features explicit sexual scenes, colorful Caribbean scenery, and a twist on the classic story.
- (2.2K)
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- John Duigan
- 1993-04-16
Set in lush 19th century Jamaica, this is the story of the relationship between a passionate Creole heiress, Antoinette, and a brooding Englishman, Edward Rochester. 111 IMDb 5.6 1 h 23 min 2006. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Romance · Emotional · Strange. Free trial of PBS Masterpiece.
Oct 9, 2006 · Wide Sargasso Sea: Directed by Brendan Maher. With Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton. The first Mrs. Rochester recalls how she met her future husband and eventually came to be imprisoned in the attic at Thornfield Hall.
- (739)
- Brendan Maher
- TV-MA
- Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya
May 7, 1993 · A Gothic romance novel by Jean Rhys is adapted into a film by John Duigan, starring Karina Lombard as the first Mrs. Rochester, a mulatto woman on an island in the Caribbean. The film explores the themes of superstition, fear, love, and voodoo in a haunted and erotic setting.
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.
- 98 min
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A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret regarding her childhood and her mother.
