Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993

1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...

 film adaption of Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys , born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a mid 20th-century novelist from Dominica. Educated from the age of 16 in Great Britain, she is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea , written as a "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.-Early life:Rhys was born in Roseau, Dominica...

's 1966 novel of the same name

Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 postcolonial parallel novel by Dominica-born author Jean Rhys. Since her previous work, Good Morning, Midnight, was published in 1939, Rhys had lived in obscurity. Wide Sargasso Sea put Rhys into the limelight once more, and became her most successful novel.The novel...

, directed by John Duigan

John Duigan

John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...

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Plot summary

For a full length summary see: plot summary of Wide Sargasso Sea.

Release

Fine Line Features released the film for the United States market. The film was given a restrictive NC-17 rating due to its sexual content. Fine Line opted not to pursue a less restrictive, more marketable R rating.

Cast and roles

• Karina Lombard
  Karina Lombard
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   - Antoinette Cosway
• Nathaniel Parker
  Nathaniel Parker
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   - Edward Rochester
• Rachel Ward
  Rachel Ward
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   - Annette Cosway
• Michael York
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   - Paul Mason
• Martine Beswick
  Martine Beswick
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   - Aunt Cora
• Claudia Robinson - Christophene
• Huw Christie Williams - Richard Mason
• Casey Berna - Young Antoinette
• Rowena King
  Rowena King
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   - Amelie (nominated for Razzie award in the category Worst Supporting Actress)
• Ben Thomas - Daniel Cosway
• Naomi Watts
  Naomi Watts
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  - Fanny Grey