Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993 Australian film adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name, directed by John Duigan and starring Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker. The novel and film explore Jean Rhys's account of the West Indian Creole heiress, here called Antoinette Cosway, married by an Englishman similar to the character "Mr. Rochester", who becomes his "madwoman in the attic" featured in the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. For a full-length summary see: plot summary of "Wide Sargasso Sea". Fine Line Features released the film for the United States market.
Lowood, Queensland at the corner of Michel and Main Streets. Lowood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Lowood, Queensland Lowood is a town and locality in the Somerset Region in south-east Queensland, Australia. The town is on the Brisbane River, west of the state capital, Brisbane and north of Ipswich. In the 2011 census, Lowood had a population of 3,336 people. Lowood was established as the first terminus of the Brisbane Valley branch railway in 1884 and the town grew from the subdivision around the new station. The name is derived from the "low woods" of brigalow in the Lowood area,