Jane Eyre (1996)

6.9/10 • 113 min • Drama Romance

Overview

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Cast

William Hurt

Rochester

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane Eyre

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Fairfax

Anna Paquin

Young Jane Eyre

Geraldine Chaplin

Miss Scatcherd

Billie Whitelaw

Grace Poole

Maria Schneider

Bertha

Elle Macpherson

Blanche Ingram

Fiona Shaw

Mrs. Reed

John Wood

Mr. Brocklehurst

Amanda Root

Miss Temple

Richard Warwick

John

Samuel West

St John Rivers

Edward de Souza

Chris Larkin

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