Based on the novel by Jean Rhys, first published in 1966.
An impoverished young girl who inherited a large property in Jamaica accepts an arranged marriage with an Englishman. After a harmonious beginning, their relationship sours due to a series of incidents and his maladaptation to the tropics.
Poor film which seems just a piling up of colonial and postcolonial clichés in a very rushed up and summarized manner, and lacking in anything that could engage the viewer into caring the least bit about the characters and what they are going through. I suspect the sufficient condition to be met by older movies for being shown in cable TV is whether they have a present-day star in a bit part.
Rating: 30
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