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Jane Eyre
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- 1996
- Franco Zeffirelli
- 116 mins
- PG
Summary
Period romantic drama set in 1820s England, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë and starring William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Orphaned Jane Eyre leaves her hated boarding school to take up a post as governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr Rochester at Thornfield Hall. She soon falls in love with her employer but finds that there are many obstacles to their happiness.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Tom Hutchinson
William Hurt's thoughtful, subdued interpretation of Mr Rochester makes its own gently neurotic contribution to the Brontë movie canon - to add to the more boisterous variations already provided by Orson Welles and George C Scott - in this stylish and atmospheric take on the famous novel. Director Franco Zeffirelli lays on sufficient simmering passion to make it interesting, yet at the same time brings the romantic longings of the two lead characters down to a more mundane, human level. Charlotte Gainsbourg was seen by some, however, as too fiery for the role of Jane, having perhaps too much of the spirit of her mother, Jane Birkin, in her. The scenes in the orphanage are well done, and there's an eclectic supporting cast that includes Billie Whitelaw, Maria Schneider and Anna Paquin (as the young Jane). It will disappoint aficionados of the novel and is probably best viewed as a youngster's primer to the text.
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rolenameRochesterWilliam HurtJane EyreCharlotte GainsbourgMrs FairfaxJoan PlowrightYoung JaneAnna PaquinMiss ScatcherdGeraldine ChaplinGrace PooleBillie WhitelawMrs RochesterMaria SchneiderMrs ReedFiona ShawBlanche IngramElle MacphersonMr BrocklehurstJohn Wood (2)AdeleJosephine SerreSt John RiversSamuel West
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rolenameDirectorFranco Zeffirelli
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Released on
1996-09-27
Languages
English | French
Guidance
Edited for language.
Available on
video and DVD
Formats
Colour
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