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Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) [NC-17]

Release Date:
April 16, 1993

Original Title:
Wide Sargasso Sea

Alternate Titles:
El gran mar de los Sargazos
I kafti thalassa ton Sargasson
Kaukainen Sargassomeri
Sargasso Sea
Sargasso Sea - Im Meer der Leidenschaft
Vasto Mar de Sargaços
광막한 사르가소 바다

Genres:
Drama | Romance | Thriller

Production Companies:
Fine Line Features
Laughing Kookaburra Productions
Sargasso Productions

Production Countries:
Australia

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NC-17 

Runtime: 98

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Susan Bolles

Characters:
Charlotte Brontë

Costume Design:
Norma Moriceau

Director:
John Duigan

Director of Photography:
Geoff Burton

Dolly Grip:
Simon Quaife

Editor:
Jimmy Sandoval
Anne Goursaud

Executive Producer:
Sara Risher

Focus Puller:
Kathryn Milliss

Hairstylist:
Karl Wesson

Line Producer:
Karen Koch

Makeup Department Head:
Noriko Watanabe

Novel:
Jean Rhys

Original Music Composer:
Stewart Copeland

Producer:
Jan Sharp

Production Design:
Franckie Diago

Script Supervisor:
Jane Goldsmith

Second Assistant Camera:
Leilani Hannah

Set Decoration:
Ron von Blomberg

Sound Mixer:
Steve R. Nelson

Still Photographer:
Kimberly Wright

Writer:
Jan Sharp
Carole Angier

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