Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
Rating: 5.6 out of 10TMDB(15 votes)
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.
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Made on a $1.5M budget
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Based on the novel Wide Sargasso Sea
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Setting
Set in Jamaica
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Stephen GreenhornWriter
- Jean RhysWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 2006
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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