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Feature film — 2006

Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)

5.61h 24mDrama — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 15 votes.

BBC Cymru Wales / Kudos

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Director: Brendan Maher

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Cast & crew

Rafe Spall as Edward Rochester

Rafe Spall

Edward Rochester

Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway

Rebecca Hall

Antoinette Cosway

Nina Sosanya as Christophine

Nina Sosanya

Christophine

Victoria Hamilton as Aunt Cora

Victoria Hamilton

Aunt Cora

Lorraine Burroughs as Amelie

Lorraine Burroughs

Amelie

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Alex Robertson

Richard Mason

Karen Meagher as Grace Poole

Karen Meagher

Grace Poole

Fraser Ayres as Daniel

Fraser Ayres

Daniel

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