Wide Sargasso Sea 30 years old

The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.

Wide Sargasso Sea

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.

Credits

Wide Sargasso Sea Cast

Name Character
Martine Beswick She was 51, now 82 years old as Aunt Cora
Michael York He was 51, now 82 years old as Paul Mason
Paul Campbell He was 13, now 44 years old as Young Bull
Rachel Ward She was 35, now 66 years old as Annette Cosway
Karina Lombard She was 24, now 55 years old as Antoinette Cosway
Nathaniel Parker He was 30, now 61 years old as Edward Rochester

Wide Sargasso Sea Crew

Name Department
Charlotte Brontë as Writer. She was 176 (38) years old when She died Writing
Wide Sargasso Sea poster
Wide Sargasso Sea (30 years)

The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.

  • Release day: Friday, April 16, 1993
  • Runtime: 98 minutes