Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (portrayed as the orphan girl by Anna Paquin and as an independent woman by Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a plain, impoverished lady hired by Mr. Rochester (William Hurt) through Mrs. Fairfax (Joan Plowright) to work as a governess for Adèle (Josephine Serre). Despite her mild unprepossessing nun-like manner, Jane has strong hidden passions and shows her strong character by expressing her opinions and showing resolve in times of trouble. Rochester is a Byronic anti-hero, tortured and tormented by family troubles, past injustices and secrets. Rochester and Jane develop a mutual affinity. They fall in love and the marriage date is set. What Jane does not realize is that she must share the estate and, ultimately, Mr. Rochester with his wife, Bertha (Maria Schneider), who is mentally ill and is confined in an upstairs attic with a nurse, Grace Poole (Billie Whitelaw).
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance |
| Country: | France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States |
| Produced By: | Jean-FranÇOis Lepetit, Dyson Lovell, Harvey Weinstein, Riccardo Tozzi, Joyce Herlihy, Bob Weinstein, Giovannella Zannoni, Guy East |
| Directed By: | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Written By: | Franco Zeffirelli, Hugh Whitemore, Josep Llurba, Charlotte Brontë |
| Cast: | Judith Parker, Nicola Howard, Miranda Forbes, John Wood, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Elle Macpherson, Leanne Rowe, Richard Warwick, Ralph Nossek, Sheila Burrell, Chris Larkin, Anna Paquin, Edward De Souza, Barry Martin, Joan Plowright, Walter Sparrow, Samuel West, Billie Whitelaw, Fiona Shaw, Peter Woodthorpe, Amanda Root, Nic Knight, Geraldine Chaplin, Marissa Dunlop, Julian Fellowes, Oriane Messina, Simon Beresford, William Hurt, Steffan Boje, Sasha Graff, Maria Schneider, Ann Queensberry, Joséphine Serre |
| In Theaters: | Apr 12, 1996 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Production: | Cineritino S.r.L., Flach Film, Mediaset, Miramax |
| Box Office: | $5,200,601 |
| Available On: | Netflix, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
