The sensual film based on the acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys.
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.
John Duigan
Director
Jan Sharp
Writer
Carole Angier
Writer
Stewart Copeland
Original Music Composer
Geoff Burton
Director of Photography
Jan Sharp
Producer
Karina Lombard
Antoinette Cosway
Nathaniel Parker
Edward Rochester
Rachel Ward
Annette Cosway
Michael York
Paul Mason
Martine Beswick
Aunt Cora
Claudia Robinson
Christophene
Paul Campbell
Young Bull
Naomi Watts
Fanny Grey
Rowena King
Amelie
