Wide Sargasso Sea

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Rafe Spall Edward Rochester

Rebecca Hall Antoinette Cosway

Nina Sosanya Christophine

Victoria Hamilton Aunt Cora

Lorraine Burroughs Amelie