Wide Sargasso Sea(1993)- Production Details

Poster of Wide Sargasso Sea

Synopsis

This prequel, set in Jamaica during the 1830s, relates the early life of Antoinette Bertha Cosway, the willful and beautiful young Creole woman who becomes the bride of an English aristocrat and, shortly thereafter, the madwoman he sequesters in "Jane Eyre," Charlotte Bronte's classic gothic novel.

Production Details

In Theaters

  • April 16, 1993

MPAA Rating

NC 17

Genres

Drama, Period, Romance

Run Time

1 hour 40 minutes

Distributors

Fine Line Features

Box Office

$1,427,240

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Jamaica

Produced In

United States

Director

John Duigan

Director

Jan Sharp

Director

CAST

Karina Lombard

Antoinette Cosway

Nathaniel Parker

Rochester

Rachel Ward

Annette Cosway

Michael York

Paul Mason

Martine Beswicke

Aunt Cora

Claudia Robinson

Christophene
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