In 1829, the nine year-old orphan girl Jane Eyre is sent by her despicable aunt Mrs. Reed (Sally Hawkins) to Lowood Institution, a charity school directed by the cruel Mr. Henry Brocklehurst (Simon McBurney). Jane has a harsh childhood in the boarding school, where she loses her best friend Helen Burns (Freya Parks). After ten years, she is hired by Mrs. Fairfax (Judi Dench) as the governess of Adele Varens, who is the protégée of the master of Thornfield, Edward Rochester, and she leaves Lowood.
Jane (Mia Wasikowska) moves to the manor and sooner she feels an unrequited love by her master. Despite their different social classes and ages, they become friends. Mr. Rochester breaks with his fiancée Blanche and proposes Jane. However, a gloomy secret from Mr. Rochester's past affects their lives and Jane Eyre does not marry her dearly beloved Mr. Rochester.
Jane leaves the property and wanders, and is saved by the religious St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell) and his two sisters. St. John Rivers is a man of God and wants to marry Jane Eyre and travel with her to India. But Jane still loves Mr. Rochester and feels only fraternal love for St. John Rivers.
"Jane Eyre" is a visually stunning adaptation of the classic romance of Charlotte Brontë, with a perfect lead actress in the role of Jane Eyre but missing important parts of the story. The romance takes place in "a harsh time of change in England, when money and position seemed all that mattered; charity was a cold and disagreeable word; and religion too often wore a mask of bigotry and cruelty." However, this version ignores the period when Jane Eyre stays in the orphanage and the cruelties that she is submitted.
This is the fourth version of "Jane Eyre" that I have watched and the 1943 version by Robert Stevenson is unbeatable, with the impressive atmosphere in black and white that fits to the Gothic fiction of the novel. Further, the powerful performance of Orson Welles is incomparable in the role of Edward Rochester.. The 1970 version is more faithful to the novel after the unsuccessful marriage of Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, with an adult discussion of the couple and more accurate fate of Jane. The 1996 version by Franco Zeffirelli is the weakest adaptation of the classic romance by Charlotte Brontë. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Jane Eyre"
Jane (Mia Wasikowska) moves to the manor and sooner she feels an unrequited love by her master. Despite their different social classes and ages, they become friends. Mr. Rochester breaks with his fiancée Blanche and proposes Jane. However, a gloomy secret from Mr. Rochester's past affects their lives and Jane Eyre does not marry her dearly beloved Mr. Rochester.
Jane leaves the property and wanders, and is saved by the religious St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell) and his two sisters. St. John Rivers is a man of God and wants to marry Jane Eyre and travel with her to India. But Jane still loves Mr. Rochester and feels only fraternal love for St. John Rivers.
"Jane Eyre" is a visually stunning adaptation of the classic romance of Charlotte Brontë, with a perfect lead actress in the role of Jane Eyre but missing important parts of the story. The romance takes place in "a harsh time of change in England, when money and position seemed all that mattered; charity was a cold and disagreeable word; and religion too often wore a mask of bigotry and cruelty." However, this version ignores the period when Jane Eyre stays in the orphanage and the cruelties that she is submitted.
This is the fourth version of "Jane Eyre" that I have watched and the 1943 version by Robert Stevenson is unbeatable, with the impressive atmosphere in black and white that fits to the Gothic fiction of the novel. Further, the powerful performance of Orson Welles is incomparable in the role of Edward Rochester.. The 1970 version is more faithful to the novel after the unsuccessful marriage of Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, with an adult discussion of the couple and more accurate fate of Jane. The 1996 version by Franco Zeffirelli is the weakest adaptation of the classic romance by Charlotte Brontë. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Jane Eyre"