Jane Eyre
2011 · 2h 0m · Drama, Romance
If you're in the mood for gothic romance with serious emotional stakes, absolutely watch it tonight — Jane Eyre is a literary classic that's been adapted countless times because the story is genuinely gripping. Fair warning: it's heavy on drama and introspection rather than action, so skip it if you want something light.
Plot
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney