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Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

Drama Romance Thriller

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

Release Date: 1993, April 16
Directors: John Duigan
Countries: Australia
Production: Fine Line Features, Sargasso Productions, Laughing Kookaburra Productions
Cast: Michael York, Naomi Watts, Martine Beswick, Nathaniel Parker, Paul Campbell, Karina Lombard, Claudia Robinson, Rachel Ward, Rowena King

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book betrayal jungle wedding nightmare fear jamaica liar deception lust voyeurism slave arson voodoo promise