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Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 9, 2006

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

61%

Original Title

Wide Sargasso Sea

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales, Kudos

Director

Brendan Maher

Budget

$1,500,000

Description

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.