Jean Rhys novel adapted by Stephen Greenhorn. Didn't know Maher - started out as Neighbours / Home and Away director.
This is the Jane Eyre prequel, starring Rafe Spall and Rebecca Hall, who are both good, though her accent is distracting. Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton, Fraser Ayres and Lorraine Burroughs offer good support.
Nicely shot by David Luther (though perhaps the decision to shoot everything hand held was a mistake) and cut with some force by Vic Boydell, literally sometimes just jump cutting two shots together. In fact I would suggest that the brilliant interesting cinematic treatment of certain scenes (e.g. the poisoning) and flourishes were down to the editor rather than the director. A BBC production.
It's a stingy tale. 'Is everything on this island designed to prick, bite or sting?' But I didn't mean it that way. Jamaica looks quite like England, really, though I'm led to believe it actually was filmed on location. Creole is mixed black / European, specifically French Louisiana.
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