Wide Sargasso Sea (5.6)

Movie · 2006 · 1 h 24 min · Drama, 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.

Directed by: Brendan Maher

Starring Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton, Lorraine Burroughs, Alex Robertson, Karen Meagher, Fraser Ayres

Stream in the US