Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

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

NC-17 1993 · 98 min · ★ 4.8 · Thriller, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by John Duigan · Written by Jan Sharp

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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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