Jane Eyre (2011 film)

Jane Eyre is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. The screenplay is written by Moira Buffini based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte Bront. The film was released onMarch 2011 in the United States andSeptember in Great Britain and Ireland.

There follows a flashback, to the 10yearold Jane Eyre, an orphan, living with her maternal uncles family, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall. Janes aunt, Sarah Reed, doesnt like Jane and is very cruel to her Mrs. Reeds three children are also abusive towards her. One day, Jane is locked in the Red Room, where her uncle died, and which Jane believes is haunted. She knocks herself unconscious on the door, after a huge puff of smoke comes down the chimney.Janes aunt sends her to Lowood School for Girls, which is run by a cruel clergyman, Mr. Brocklehurst. Mrs. Reed tells him that Jane is a deceitful child and is not to be trusted. Jane tells her aunt how much she hates her and that she is a hardhearted woman. At Lowood, while another pupil, Helen Burns, is being beaten, Jane accidentally drops her slate. Mr. Brocklehurst brands her a liar and makes her stand on a chair all day. Jane and Helen become close friends, but Helen later dies of consumption tuberculosis. ........

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