Released:
2006-10-09

Overview:
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.

Director:
Brendan Maher

Runtime:
1h 24min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Rafe Spall
  as
  Edward Rochester
• 
  Rebecca Hall
  as
  Antoinette Cosway
• 
  Nina Sosanya
  as
  Christophine
• 
  Victoria Hamilton
  as
  Aunt Cora
• 
  Lorraine Burroughs
  as
  Amelie