Wide Sargasso Sea

– In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
1993
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

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.

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Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) - Trailer

Release Date:

16 Apr 1993

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
NC-17 – Adults Only

No One 17 and Under Admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.

Director:

John Duigan

Writer:

Jan Sharp, Carole Angier, Charlotte Brontë (characters), Jean Rhys (novel)

Main Actors:

Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward, Michael York

Plot:

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret regarding her childhood and her mother. Slowly, this secret begins to erode this perfect relationship and, perhaps, her mother's story will begin again...with her.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%