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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.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- John Duigan
- 1993-04-16
98 minutes. Country. Australia. Language. English. Box office. $1,614,784 [1] 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
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.
Wide Sargasso Sea. Adapted from Jean Rhys' award-winning novel, this is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and paints a rather different story of Mr. Rochester's first wife. 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.
Jul 24, 2018 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant At its heart, Wide Sargasso Sea tells of the ruination of a marriage -- by the past, by the time, by the fears of a man and desperation of ...
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- John Duigan
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- Karina Lombard
Apr 16, 1993 · "Wide Sargasso Sea” (1993) is an adult-oriented historical drama that’s a quasi-prequel to “Jane Eyre.” I say “quasi” because the 1966 novel the movie was based on was written by Jean Rhys 119 years after the release of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” in 1847. In other words, “Wide Sargasso Sea” is... read the rest.
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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.
