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Oct 9, 2006 · Overview. 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.
Jun 30, 2022 · Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) Director John Duigan brings Jean Rhys' difficult 1966 best-selling novel to the screen. It's a story meant to be a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, surmising what drove the first Mrs. Rochester mad in that novel. In Jamaica in the 1840s, slavery has been recently outlawed.
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Movie Info. An Englishman (Rafe Spall) and a Creole heiress (Rebecca Hall) form a relationship in 19th-century Jamaica. Genre: Drama. Original Language: English (United Kingdom) Director: Brendan ...
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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.
Although Wide Sargasso Sea is a most poetic film, Mr. Duigan uses his poetic effects sparingly. The hothouse atmosphere permeates every scene, creating an unhealthy climate in which young love is ...
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) A prequel to "Jane Eyre." An Englishman in nineteenth-century Jamaica falls into a tortured marriage with a native Creole. 247 IMDb 5.6 1 h 38 min 1993. X-Ray R. Romance · Suspense · Emotional · Feel-good.
9 October 2006. ( 2006-10-09) Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys 's 1966 novel of the same name . Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006. [1] It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006 ...