“Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre”
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.
Director: Brendan Maher
Budget
$2M
Rafe Spall
Edward Rochester
Rebecca Hall
Antoinette Cosway
Nina Sosanya
Christophine
Victoria Hamilton
Aunt Cora
Lorraine Burroughs
Amelie
Alex Robertson
Richard Mason
Karen Meagher
Grace Poole
Fraser Ayres
Daniel