"Wide Sargasso Sea" is a 1993 film starring Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker. Based on the novel by Jean Rhys, it's Rhys' imagining of the first marriage of Edward Rochester's, before the book Jane Eyre begins. It takes place in 1840s Jamaica.
Mr. Rochester (Nathaniel Parker) arrives by arrangement to marry Antoinette (Karina Lombard) so that she may keep her property. At first, there is a great deal of passion between them, but Rochester feels betrayed when he learns that she has not been honest with him about her mother (Rachel Ward).
After a fire in which her brother died, Antoinette's mother went mad, though Antoinette told Rochester that she was dead. The voodoo and the presence of Antoinette's servant Christophene (Claudia Robinson) is threatening to Rochester. So are the letters he continues to get from a man (Ben Causway) who claims to be Antoinette's brother, claiming that her father slept with the female slaves, and he is one result. The marriage begins to disintegrate.
As I didn't read the novel and I am a huge fan of Nathaniel Parker, I didn't have the problems with this film that others did. Apparently the subtleties of the novel have been lost here. Though there is no sex in the book, the film is sexually charged.
Nathaniel Parker is about 31 here, very young, and a newlywed. If his new wife put up with him doing this film, you can bet they'll continue to stay married. Karina Lombard and Parker were nude quite a few times and in the throes of passion. They exhibited a lot of heat, and I thought the acting was quite good.
The scenery is gorgeous and the leads attractive. The film ends incorrectly -- the happenings shown did not take place until much later in the book Jane Eyre. Not sure how the novel ends.
I will echo what others said, if you read the novel, don't watch this. If you're a fan of Nathaniel Parker's or Karina Lombard's, run, don't walk, and rent it. Very sexy.
Mr. Rochester (Nathaniel Parker) arrives by arrangement to marry Antoinette (Karina Lombard) so that she may keep her property. At first, there is a great deal of passion between them, but Rochester feels betrayed when he learns that she has not been honest with him about her mother (Rachel Ward).
After a fire in which her brother died, Antoinette's mother went mad, though Antoinette told Rochester that she was dead. The voodoo and the presence of Antoinette's servant Christophene (Claudia Robinson) is threatening to Rochester. So are the letters he continues to get from a man (Ben Causway) who claims to be Antoinette's brother, claiming that her father slept with the female slaves, and he is one result. The marriage begins to disintegrate.
As I didn't read the novel and I am a huge fan of Nathaniel Parker, I didn't have the problems with this film that others did. Apparently the subtleties of the novel have been lost here. Though there is no sex in the book, the film is sexually charged.
Nathaniel Parker is about 31 here, very young, and a newlywed. If his new wife put up with him doing this film, you can bet they'll continue to stay married. Karina Lombard and Parker were nude quite a few times and in the throes of passion. They exhibited a lot of heat, and I thought the acting was quite good.
The scenery is gorgeous and the leads attractive. The film ends incorrectly -- the happenings shown did not take place until much later in the book Jane Eyre. Not sure how the novel ends.
I will echo what others said, if you read the novel, don't watch this. If you're a fan of Nathaniel Parker's or Karina Lombard's, run, don't walk, and rent it. Very sexy.