Wide Sargasso Sea

“The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.”

4.7(34)19931h 38m

ThrillerDramaRomance

In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

Director

John Duigan

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Cast

Karina Lombard

Antoinette Cosway

Nathaniel Parker

Edward Rochester

Rachel Ward

Annette Cosway

Michael York

Paul Mason

Martine Beswick

Aunt Cora

Claudia Robinson

Christophene

Paul Campbell

Young Bull

Naomi Watts

Fanny Grey

Rowena King

Amelie

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1 review

Wuchak

6y ago

6.0

***Tragedy, love, hate and madness in 19th century Jamaica*** A young woman (Karina Lombard) marries an Englishman (Nathaniel Parker) in mid-1800s’ Jamaica to save her plantation. Rachel Ward plays her mother, Michael York her stepfather and Martine Beswick her aunt, all three being small roles. "Wide Sargasso Sea” (1993) is an adult-oriented historical drama that’s a quasi-prequel to “Jane ...