In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

Karina Lombard
as Antoinette Cosway

Nathaniel Parker
as Edward Rochester

Rachel Ward
as Annette Cosway

Michael York
as Paul Mason

Martine Beswick
as Aunt Cora

Claudia Robinson
as Christophene

Paul Campbell
as Young Bull

Naomi Watts
as Fanny Grey

Rowena King
as Amelie
Wuchak
***Tragedy, love, hate and madness in 19th century Jamaica*** A young woman (Karina Lombard) marries an Englishman (Nathaniel Parker) in mid-1800s’ Jamaica to save her plantation. Rachel Ward plays her mother, Michael York her stepfather and Martine Beswick her aunt, all three being small roles. ...