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5.7/10   902 votes
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Director:
John Duigan
Writers:
Jan Sharp (writer) and
Carole Angier (writer)
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Release Date:
16 April 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property... more | add synopsis
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The film that gives Mr. Rochester his motives and makes Jane Eyre more understandable more

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MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for strong, explicit sexuality.; Rated R for strong sexuality. (edited version)
Runtime:
98 min | Spain:100 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Jamaica

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
The film that gives Mr. Rochester his motives and makes Jane Eyre more understandable, 9 June 2003
Author: countryway_48864 from United States

Anyone who has ever read Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte's brooding masterpiece, knows the adult, world-weary Edward Rochester. They also know about the secret locked in the tower room of Thornfield Hall. What Charlotte never fully explains is how Mr. Rochester came to be the aloof, stony man he is and how is wife came to be mad.

Well, The Wide Sargasso Sea attempts to answer those questions. In my opinion The Wide Sargasso Sea does an excellent job.

This is a vivid and sensual film, and depending on the version you see, VERY explicit. But in this case I think the nudity and sexual activity is justified and not gratuitous.

Nathaniel Parker gives a stunning performance as Rochester. I recommend this one.

I like to watch The Wide Sargasso Sea first and then put on my VHS of the splendid A&E production of Jane Eyre with Ciarn Hinds as Rochester. The two follow each other beautifully and seen together, the puzzle of Edward Rochester is solved, at least to my satisfaction.

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