Sargasso Sea - In the sea of ​​passion

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Movie
German title Sargasso Sea - In the sea of ​​passion
Original title Wide Sargasso Sea
Country of production Australia
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Duigan
script Carole Angier ,
John Duigan,
Jan Sharp
production Jan Sharp
music Stewart Copeland
camera Geoff Burton
cut Anne Goursaud ,
Jimmy Sandoval
occupation

Sargasso Sea - In the sea of ​​passion (Original title: Wide Sargasso Sea ) is an Australian film drama from 1993 . Directed by John Duigan , who co-wrote the script with Carole Angier and Jan Sharp based on the novel by Jean Rhys , a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre .

action

The action takes place in Jamaica in the middle of the 19th century and tells the story of Edward Rochester, the protagonist from the novel Jane Eyre .

Antoinette Cosway grew up on the island as the heir to a large plantation. Your mother becomes mentally unstable; her disabled brother dies. The plantation got into economic difficulties, which is why Cosway married the Englishman Edward Rochester. She falls in love with him, but over time the couple become estranged. Cosway becomes insane and now lives imprisoned in her husband's manor in England. This is the starting point for the plot of the novel Jane Eyre , in which Antoinette Cosway is only presented as a minor character.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of May 7, 1993 that he had seldom seen a film that would more effectively show the climate of the time and environment shown (“I have rarely seen a film that more effectively conveyed the climate it takes place in").

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a failed film adaptation of a novel that never really had access to its main characters through its colorful exoticism and symbolism". Only the film music is "excellent".

backgrounds

The film was shot on location in Jamaica . It grossed approximately $ 1.6 million in US cinemas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed October 28, 2008
  2. Sargasso Sea - In the sea of ​​passion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed October 28, 2008 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Filming locations for Wide Sargasso Sea , accessed October 28, 2008
  4. Box office / business for Wide Sargasso Sea , accessed October 28, 2008