Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)

Directed by

Brendan Maher

Genre

drama, romance

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

15

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman marries a wealthy Englishman in 1830s Jamaica. Their marriage unravels as she struggles with her identity and the dark secrets of her family home.

melancholicatmospherictenseslow-burnvisually lushuneasyromantictragic

What happens

Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name. Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006. It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of Jane Eyre, to which Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel. The adaptation was scripted by playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher. It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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