Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
2006 · 1h 24m · Drama, Romance
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…
Director: Brendan Maher
Writers: Stephen Greenhorn, Jean Rhys
Music by: Nina Humphreys
Cinematography: David Luther
Editor: Victoria Boydell
Budget: $2M