Wide Sargasso Sea

Directed by John Duigan

Written by Jan Sharp, Carole Angier, Jean Rhys

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.

Cast

Karina Lombard

Antoinette Cosway

Nathaniel Parker

Edward Rochester

Rachel Ward

Annette Cosway

Michael York

Paul Mason

Martine Beswick

Aunt Cora

Claudia Robinson

Christophene

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Paul Campbell

Young Bull

Naomi Watts

Fanny Grey

Rowena King

Amelie