0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some scenes of a sexual nature.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21KEYS RATTLE ON CHAIN
0:00:21 > 0:00:24DOOR UNLOCKS AND CREAKS OPEN
0:00:27 > 0:00:29DOOR CLOSES
0:00:29 > 0:00:32No more tricks from you. > No more escapes.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36You're to stay here safe and sound, behind these nice thick walls.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Better off, if you ask me.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44The world outside is a dark and cold one for a woman.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48When are we going to England?
0:00:50 > 0:00:51You fool!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is England.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58'You've nothing to be afraid of.'
0:03:03 > 0:03:05'I'll keep you safe.'
0:04:13 > 0:04:15INSECTS BUZZ
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Edward, what ARE you doing?- Sorry.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- It's just that... Is everything on this island designed to prick, bite or sting?- Not everything.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46RICHARD LAUGHS
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I'm sure my discomfort will be a great source of amusement to my father also.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- His laughter must echo in Piccadilly. - Nonsense.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54His concern is to see you make something of yourself.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I assure you, Richard, my father's sole concern is maintaining the reputation of the Rochester name.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03A task which falls almost entirely on my brother.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- A man's good name can be his greatest asset.- Apparently so.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11How soon do you want to, um...?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I need to rest.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I found the voyage...arduous.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Of course. Rest.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Gather your strength.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27We want you to make a good impression, after all.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- I wasn't aware I was required to impress, Richard.- Not required. No.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34But I'm sure you will anyway... when you've rested.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11KNOCK AT DOOR
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Richard. You are unusually punctual.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Allow me to introduce a friend, from England, Edward Rochester.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Edward, the redoubtable Mrs Harper.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26An honour, Ma'am.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30And my step-sister, Antoinette Cosway.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's a pleasure to meet you. Richard has spoken of you often.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Oh.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Really?- Oh, yes. Only in the most glowing terms!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I see he did not exaggerate.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Oh, you are very gracious.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49My father was very fond of Edward, Antoinette.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51He was keen that you two should meet.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Well, I'm only sorry that he cannot be here to introduce us himself.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56That is my great regret also.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Mr Mason's passing was a tragedy for all of us, Mr Rochester.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04He leaves a space which is impossible to fill.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Sit down. The girl will bring us some tea presently.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Have you been on the island long, Mr Rochester?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23A week or so. But I'm afraid I've been confined to bed.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25A fever struck me down the moment I landed.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Yes. This climate finds the weakness in the strongest of constitutions.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Which is why you spend so little time here, isn't it?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's very unfortunate to travel so far
0:07:38 > 0:07:41and then fall sick when you arrive.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47To be honest, it now seems a small price to pay.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53All my life, I've looked at pictures of England.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58And I try to imagine what it must be like but I find it impossible.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02'As it was impossible for me to imagine Jamaica...until I arrived.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05'I have a friend who married an Englishman.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08'She writes to me about it. She says England is like a dream.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12'I have to say that's precisely how your island seems to me.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14'Unreal, like a dream.'
0:08:14 > 0:08:18But how can these rivers and mountains and seas be unreal?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Well, how can millions of people and thousands of buildings and streets seem like a dream?
0:08:22 > 0:08:27'Oh, Easily. Much more easily. A big city must be like a dream.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31'More than your small island?'
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Do you still think you're dreaming, Mr Rochester?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37'I'm not sure, Miss Cosway.'
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Perhaps you're not quite over your fever yet.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Perhaps I'm not quite ready to wake yet.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Didn't I say it would be beautiful?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- You were right.- I'm trying to win you over. So you won't miss home so.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Then it's working. I am won.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58I knew this place would do it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's one of my favourites.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- Just one of them?- Oh, yes.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- There are places even more beautiful than this.- I'd like to know where.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12We have a summerhouse in the mountains. It's better than here.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- It's better than anywhere. - Perhaps I'll get to see it one day.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Well, perhaps, one day, I'll show you.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Didn't Richard mention something about a plantation, as well?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Yes, once, a long time ago. It was my father's.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- He was a slave owner?- Yes. Before the emancipation.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40It's hard to imagine how any Christian found slavery acceptable.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's just how things were then.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46He died and we were alone there.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49And then my mother remarried... to Mr Mason.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- So you ended up in Spanish Town? - I did. She died.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56And afterwards, Mr Mason travelled but he provided for me
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- and I boarded at the convent school. - Oh, I'm sorry.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Don't be. They were kind to me.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05And I stayed with Aunt Cora sometimes, when she was here.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It seems unjust you should suffer in so short a life.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11But it was all so long ago.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13We mustn't let it spoil today.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Do you have family?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19A father.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21And an elder brother.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I'm the second son.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24That's why I'm here.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Well, my older brother will inherit the title and the estate.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31The second son must make his own way.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Ah! So you've come to the islands to seek your fortune?
0:10:34 > 0:10:39- Like the pirates used to! - Yes. I suppose so. In a way.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43But that's exciting! You should be happy, not downcast.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Especially not on such a glorious afternoon.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48It is magnificent.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I feel like I could fly.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Like I could...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56spread my arms and take to the sky like a bird.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03- What would you do then? - Stay firmly on the ground.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Ready to catch you, should you fall.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- So, are you decided?- Is she?
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- She's in no position to refuse. - Neither am I. Well, then, why wait?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Why are you so eager to be rid of her?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I'm only eager to see my father's ambitions fulfilled.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It seems we're both toiling under the same yoke.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Edward, the truth is, the sooner SHE is rid of me the better.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I'm no guardian.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I don't have the same qualities Father saw in you.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You're asking me to be her husband, not her guardian.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Does it seem so onerous? She's not unattractive.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48No.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- She's lovely. A delight. - And there's the dowry.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Yes, of course. The dowry.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Your father thought it generous.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01My father is as eager to wash his hands of me as you are to be rid of her.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06You are an honest, decent man.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Part of a fine and upright family. Antoinette'll be glad of your name.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19You are exactly what she needs.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24You'll ask her?
0:12:32 > 0:12:37"Dear Father, All is well and has gone according to your plans and wishes.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42"I am to be married to Mr Mason's step-daughter.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46"£30,000 will be paid to me without question or condition."
0:12:46 > 0:12:47My love.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51"This modest competence means I will never be a disgrace
0:12:51 > 0:12:54"to you or to my dear brother, the son you love
0:12:54 > 0:12:57"No begging letters. No mean requests.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01"None of the furtive, shabby manoeuvres of a younger son."
0:13:01 > 0:13:04To my lovely step-sister, Antoinette,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and my dear friend, Edward.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- To love.- To love.- To love.- To love.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20"I have sold my soul.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24"Or you have sold it.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30"It is, perhaps, not such a bad bargain.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38"The girl is thought to be beautiful. No, she is beautiful.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40"And yet..."
0:13:51 > 0:13:53It's Richard I'm angry with.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57He's left you no financial provision of your own.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Your step-father left money to ensure security.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06That fool has no right to hand it away to someone else.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- I'll have nothing of my own? - Nothing.- But I have Edward.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15You need security...
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What? For when my marriage fails?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21I'm not at the altar yet and you already anticipate disaster!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I thought you would be happy for me.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It is not my happiness you should be concerned with.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Are you so sure that I'm making a mistake?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38You are young and pretty, Antoinette.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- You have no need to throw yourself at the first gentleman who comes along.- I am not throwing myself.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- I care for Edward.- You're blind!
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You're seeing nothing but stars. You have to look cold and hard.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50You have to see how he will be with you.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55You must be sure. Absolutely sure. You are young. Time is on your side. Use it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Wait a little. Until you truly know. Until you are certain.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41What's wrong? Have I done something to upset you?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- No.- Then why don't you want us to be married?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'm afraid.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Afraid of what?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Of what might happen.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08- You've no reason to be afraid.- I want to believe that's true.- It is true. When we're together, aren't we happy?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I am.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And can't you see I am too?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I thought I could.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- But why do you seem different with other people?- What other people?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Richard.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26And Aunt Cora.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Your Aunt Cora is very cold to me.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50You know that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52She doesn't want to lose you.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58It's understandable but you can see how it makes things difficult for me.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01And Richard?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Richard is a man.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09We laugh and joke and tell stories. That's what men do.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15We don't speak the way you and I do.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Not from the heart.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Of course I'm different with others. It's only with you I am myself.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47You don't know anything about me.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54You don't know anything about me.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I know you make me happy.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I know I want to marry you.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Take care of you.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I could say you don't know anything about me.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19But you know how you feel, don't you?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Then isn't that enough?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Shouldn't we trust that?
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Isn't that what marriage is... that bargain?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42That I'll trust you, if you trust me.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Do you trust me?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Then you have nothing to be afraid of.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I will make you happy,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I will keep you safe.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I will give you...
0:19:09 > 0:19:11everything you need.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Can you give me peace?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Anything.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I promise you.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31I promise you.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You won't change your mind?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I would ask you the same question.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01DRUMS BEAT
0:20:04 > 0:20:08PEOPLE CHATTER IN HUSHED VOICES
0:20:12 > 0:20:13DISTANT CREAKING
0:20:20 > 0:20:22VOICES CONTINUE MUTTERING
0:20:34 > 0:20:37CHURCH BELLS PEAL IN DISTANCE
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Here we are, at last!
0:21:44 > 0:21:46They're all waiting.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Your luggage in your room, everything ready for you.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Oh, thank you.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Oh, Christophine!
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Now that you are here - this is my favourite place in the whole world.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04This is Rose.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- And, er...- Amelie.- Amelie.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10And this is Christophine,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13who was my nurse...long ago.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Come, let me show you the house.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Breathe!- The air is sweet.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Ah, everything is sweet here. This is our sweet honeymoon house.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46To happiness.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- You look like an emperor! - God forbid.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- You'll like it here. - What's through there?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02That's your dressing room.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24This was old Mr Mason's room.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29- It's very comfortable. - He didn't like it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It can get cold at night.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Thank you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I hope you'll be very happy, sir,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55in your sweet honeymoon house.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34What is it?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Your dress suits you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46It was made in St Pierre, Martinique.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- You say that as if it were Paris. - It's the Paris of the West Indies.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59So what do you think of Granbois?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- It's very beautiful.- I love it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05As if it were a person.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07More than a person. I...
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I love it more than anywhere in the world.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Well, you don't know the rest of the world.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Is the rest of the world more beautiful?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19No...
0:25:20 > 0:25:23..it's just different.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29'We used to come in the summer to get away from the hot weather.'
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I came with Aunt Cora.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36That was after the...
0:25:39 > 0:25:41After what?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46No.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50No sad stories. Not tonight.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58When it was very hot, I'd sneak out onto the veranda
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and fall asleep in the hammock.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Christophine didn't like that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08She said it was very bad
0:26:08 > 0:26:12to sleep in the light of a full moon.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Christophine sounds like an old witch!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I sometimes think she might be right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Maybe I have slept too long in the moonlight.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32You don't think that, do you?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44The air here is so scented.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Hmm. It's the flowers...
0:26:47 > 0:26:50by the river...
0:26:50 > 0:26:52they only open up at night.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Night flowers!
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Whoever heard of such a thing?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20To tomorrow.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23And all the days after.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32QUIET HUMMING
0:29:46 > 0:29:48DISTANT SHOUTING
0:29:53 > 0:29:55HUMMING CONTINUES
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Now I am your wife.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12And I am Christopher Columbus, on the shores of a New World.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16You are my undiscovered country and I claim you!
0:30:16 > 0:30:19KNOCK AT DOOR
0:30:19 > 0:30:22We wake early here.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25The morning is the best time.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Bull's Blood, master.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- ANTOINETTE LAUGHS - It's coffee.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- Mmm, delicious.- Not horse piss, like them English ladies drink.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I know them.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02Drink, drink their yellow horse piss. Talk, talk their lying talk.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Her coffee is delicious but her language is disgusting.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- It doesn't mean anything. - And why is she dressed like that?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15They dress like that for feast days.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- Is today a feast day? - She wanted it to be. For us.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01You skim stones as well as a boy.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- It was a boy who taught me. - What boy?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Sandi.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09There's so much about you I don't know.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- You know more of me than anyone. - I want to know everything.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Well, then, it's lucky we have so much time.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- You should get dressed. - Why? Don't you like me like this?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Someone might come.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30No-one comes here. Besides, we're not doing anything wrong. We're married.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Which is why you should get dressed.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Is England very different?- Very.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47When I was a girl, we had pictures of England.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I used to think, if only I could go there.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Everything would be different.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I'd be a different person.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I'd be safe and sound.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01You are safe and sound.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It must be strange.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14After summer, the trees grow bare.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16And snow.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19What's snow like? Hmm?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I can't imagine it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23You'll not have to imagine it.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25You'll see for yourself.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I dream about it sometimes.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42What do you dream?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Antoinette?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Antoinette?
0:33:52 > 0:33:54What do you dream?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Chandeliers and...dancing.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Swans and roses.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04And...snow.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Always snow.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Here...let me cover you up.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- The breeze can be cold. - What about you?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41I need to get dressed. For dinner.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I want to look my best.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Why don't you wear the other one. - Hmm?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Yes. That one. I prefer that one.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- I could get another made, exactly the same.- I'd like that.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- And how do you prefer my hair?- Up.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Away from your neck and shoulders.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Yes.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Like that.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Exactly like that.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26You feel how fast you make my heart beat?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50ANTOINETTE'S LAUGH ECHOES
0:36:52 > 0:36:55VOICES MUTTER
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Books no good here.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24I wouldn't imagine you'd have much use for them anyway.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Read and write, I don't know. Other things I know.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- What, like how to spy on people? - The door open.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33That how everybody know everybody else's business.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Well, my business is my own.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- I expect it to stay that way. - I just tell you the truth.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40You can't close your doors, learn to close your ears.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- What are you digging for?- Treasure!
0:37:54 > 0:37:56What, from your pirates?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58The islands used to be full of them.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- A long time ago. - Yes, but there are still traces...
0:38:02 > 0:38:04if you look hard enough.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- What kind of traces?- Gold...
0:38:07 > 0:38:08and jewels.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11All sorts of precious things,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14buried in secret spots.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- And does anyone ever find any treasure?- Yes. But they never tell.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22They want to keep it all, so they don't speak of it.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27And they only sell to men who don't ask questions. Everyone knows but no one will tell.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34These islands sometimes seem to be held together entirely by secrets!
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Secrets and treasure.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Do you think I'll ever uncover any? - Oh, I'm certain of it.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- And what should I do then? - Never tell. Never tell.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55'I never wished to live before I knew you.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57'I always thought it would be better if I died.'
0:38:57 > 0:39:00How did you do that to me?
0:39:00 > 0:39:01I wished it, that's all.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06What if, one day, you didn't wish it?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09What if you... What would I do then?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12What if you took this happiness away again?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19And lose my own? I'd never be so foolish.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I'm not used to happiness.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24It makes me afraid.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Don't be afraid.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I'll keep you safe.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34If I could die now, when I'm happy.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38Would you do that? You could. Just say it and watch me.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Say die and I will die.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Who are you?
0:40:28 > 0:40:33My name is Cosway, Sir. Like your wife's. Daniel Cosway.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Your wife's father also my father.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- I am your wife's brother by another lady.- What do you want?
0:40:41 > 0:40:45To help you, Sir. I fear that you have been deceived.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Cosway a wicked family. Slave owners.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53But wickedness not the worst. There's madness too.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59- Madness? What are you talking about? - It's in all these white Creole.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05Your wife's mother marry old Cosway. He die raving and cursing.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09She marry again and try kill her husband. He have to keep her shut away.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- But my wife's mother died years ago. - Lies, Sir. They tell you lies.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17You don't believe me? Ask Richard Mason three simple questions.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Ask if your wife's mother a raging lunatic.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Ask him if your wife going the same way.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27And ask him if they all knowing it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Money is good, Sir.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- But no money can pay for a crazy woman in your bed. - You're talking about my wife!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39There's more you should know.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43The girl Amelie know me.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45You come see me.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10What? What is it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- You got a look says you're happy. - I am.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Then now is a good time for me to go look after my own house.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26- What do you mean? You mean leave here?- It's time.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27No.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31The young master don't like me.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34If I stay here, I bring a bone of contention in your house.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39But what am I to do without you?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41You do fine.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You got to stand on your own feet, girl.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Women must have guts in this wicked world.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52You're decided then?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Be strong, Dou-dou. Be strong.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Edward, Christophine is leaving.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- Best for me to go now.- Edward?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- I heard.- Is something wrong?- No.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14Amelie, smile like that once more and I mash your face like a plantain.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18And maybe I give you a bellyache, make you lie down a long time.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19You hear me?
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Yes, Christophine.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- You have no right to threaten her. - She good for nothing.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28- Creep and crawl like a centipede. - It's as well you decided to leave.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Goodbye, Dou-dou.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Goodbye.- Be strong.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40- Remember, I am close by. - Goodbye, Christophine.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Thank you.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- What mood is this? - My head is perfectly clear.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58Do you take after your mother, do you think?
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Do you look like her?
0:44:00 > 0:44:04- I don't know. I hadn't...- She must've been young when she died.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06She must've been beautiful. Do you remember?
0:44:06 > 0:44:10- Of course.- How old were you when she passed away?
0:44:12 > 0:44:14I-I was...eleven.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19You seem unsure.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22No. I was eleven. It was a long time ago.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Why do you seem like a stranger today?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Me strange? You're in nightclothes.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34You should go and get dressed, or go to your room.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40- Why are you speaking to me like this?- It's not normal to wear nightclothes in the day.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- Whose business is it what I wear? - I'm your husband.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- My husband, not my gaoler. - It's not appropriate.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49You should get dressed, or go to your room.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51What is it? What?
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Water, master. I thought maybe the mistress want to wash.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09Do you know what happened to the mistress's mother?
0:46:09 > 0:46:13I been told it's not right for me to talk about such things.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15What things? I want you to tell me.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19It's just what I hear.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22I can't say it true or not.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25I understand.
0:46:25 > 0:46:26Tell me what you hear.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32I hear the lady go mad.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38I hear she try and kill her husband.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45So they lock her away and forget her.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52- Should I go in now, sir?- Go ahead. Take it in. Let her wash.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Leave me alone.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Creole woman like you, you always alone.
0:47:32 > 0:47:33Get out!
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Your husband outside there.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49He look like zombie. Maybe he tired of your sweet honeymoon?
0:47:49 > 0:47:53Too much sweet make a person sick in the stomach.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Sick in the head sometimes too.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02Don't you speak to me like that, do you hear me! Don't you speak to me like that!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04You white cockroach!
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Antoinette! What are you doing!
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Go away, girl.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Girl?
0:48:13 > 0:48:16She's as old as the devil himself!
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- What's happened to you?- To me? You attacked that girl?
0:48:19 > 0:48:23- You side with her? I side with no-one. - I judge for myself.- Judge who?
0:48:23 > 0:48:26She called me a white cockroach.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29That's what they call me. Or, or, or White Nigger.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Cos I'm a Creole.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Not like them but I'm not English like you.
0:48:34 > 0:48:39Between the two of you, I sometimes wonder who I am myself!
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Now, will you please go? I need to get dressed.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28DRUMS BEAT
0:49:43 > 0:49:45VOICES WHISPER
0:49:45 > 0:49:47WHISPERS ECHO
0:49:49 > 0:49:53VOICES MUTTER
0:50:13 > 0:50:16The girl tell me you're ready to see me.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19I know you a man who recognise the truth.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21And the truth shall set you free.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25You told me there was more I should know about my situation.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28You know what I say was no lie.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Other people say things behind your back
0:50:31 > 0:50:33but to your face they get frightened.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37There is that woman at your house, Christophine.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41What about her?
0:50:41 > 0:50:43She's obeah woman.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47- She make bad magic.- Obeah.- Hmm.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50She will lie to you worse than your wife.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52I don't have to please no woman.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56My brother different, though.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04He marry a fair coloured girl.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08His son, Sandi, like a white man...
0:51:10 > 0:51:12..only more handsome.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Your wife know Sandi long time.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Ask her. She tell you.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22But not everything, I think.
0:51:22 > 0:51:26No. Not everything.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29I see them when they think nobody see them.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32They fool you well about that girl.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Must be you deaf. You don't hear people laugh when you marry her.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38She start with Sandi.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44You want me to shut my mouth? You want to do everything quiet, like the English do?
0:51:44 > 0:51:48If I keep my mouth shut, it seems to me you owe me something.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54What's £500 to you?
0:51:57 > 0:52:00If I don't get the money I want, you'll see what I can do!
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Give my love to your wife for me!
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Kiss her pretty white face!
0:52:07 > 0:52:12You're not the first. You're not the first!
0:52:16 > 0:52:19THUNDER RUMBLES
0:52:29 > 0:52:31My love.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Please don't be angry.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36I'm sorry.
0:52:37 > 0:52:42Please...please forgive me.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49- For what? - Whatever I've done to upset you.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Have you done anything?
0:52:55 > 0:52:58I must have done.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02Why else would you be so cold with me?
0:53:02 > 0:53:03But you don't know?
0:53:07 > 0:53:11Well, then, please tell me. Let me put it right.
0:53:13 > 0:53:18Please, let me be your sweet Antoinette again.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24I don't like that name.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26I never have. It's too complex.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30I'd like to think of you as something else.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35- Something simpler.- What do you mean?
0:53:35 > 0:53:39- That's my name. - I'll think of another.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42A proper English name.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46One that suits you.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59My name is Antoinette!
0:53:59 > 0:54:00My name is Antoinette!
0:54:00 > 0:54:03MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE!
0:54:03 > 0:54:06MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE!
0:54:06 > 0:54:09- FADES:- My name is Antoinette!
0:55:05 > 0:55:07'He doesn't love me, Christophine.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13'He sleeps in the other room.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16'He doesn't talk to me.'
0:55:18 > 0:55:21'I can't stand it. What do I do?'
0:55:22 > 0:55:23Leave him.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28When man don't love you, more you try, more he hate you.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33No, I can't leave him. I couldn't bear it.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36A man don't treat you good, pick up your skirt and walk out.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40You do it and he come after you. Specially rich white girl like you.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43No. He won't come after me. I'm not rich.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47I don't have anything.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50He has everything.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52What you tell me?
0:55:52 > 0:55:54That's English Law.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18You know what I want.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23No, Dou-dou. Bad, bad trouble come when you meddle with that.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27If the man don't love you, I can't make him.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Yes, you can. I know you can.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36If you could make him come to me just once more.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40Just...just one night. I know...
0:56:40 > 0:56:43I know I could make him love me.
0:56:43 > 0:56:48The man hear stories. He don't know what to believe. That is why he keep away.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Do battle for yourself now.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55Tell him about your mother and all what happened to her.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59Tell him why she got sick and what they do to her.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Don't bawl, don't make crazy faces, and no crying either.
0:57:03 > 0:57:07Crying's no good with him. Speak to him calm and cool.
0:57:07 > 0:57:12- Tell him the truth.- It's too late for that.- Never too late for that.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21If I do as you say...
0:57:22 > 0:57:23Then...
0:57:25 > 0:57:29..then will you give me what I asked for?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Please, Christophine...
0:57:37 > 0:57:39..please.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40Help me.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09I went to see Christophine this morning.
0:58:09 > 0:58:10What did she have to say?
0:58:13 > 0:58:16She told me I should leave you.
0:58:16 > 0:58:17Really?
0:58:20 > 0:58:24I told her you seem to hate me and that was her advice.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27I don't hate you.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31I'm very concerned about you.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Why do you treat me like this?
0:58:40 > 0:58:42Is there a reason?
0:58:49 > 0:58:52Is your mother alive?
0:58:55 > 0:58:57No.
0:58:58 > 0:59:00When did she die?
0:59:05 > 0:59:07Last summer.
0:59:07 > 0:59:10- So you lied to me.- No.
0:59:10 > 0:59:13No, no, it wasn't a lie.
0:59:13 > 0:59:16She died two deaths.
0:59:16 > 0:59:19The real one when I was young
0:59:19 > 0:59:22and then the one at the end.
0:59:22 > 0:59:27- I heard about your mother.- I know, people always tell lies about her.
0:59:27 > 0:59:31- They, they, they tell stories and they won't listen to the other side. - Is there another side?
0:59:31 > 0:59:35- There's always another side. - I heard that your mother...
0:59:35 > 0:59:38I know what you heard!
0:59:38 > 0:59:41That my mother was mad.
0:59:41 > 0:59:44- And that I must be too. - And is it true? About your mother?
0:59:44 > 0:59:47No. I... It's difficult!
0:59:51 > 0:59:53We don't need to talk about it tonight.
0:59:56 > 1:00:01- We must talk about it tonight. - Not tonight. Another time.
1:00:01 > 1:00:04No other time. Now.
1:00:05 > 1:00:10You have no right to ask me questions about my mother and then not listen to me.
1:00:14 > 1:00:15I'll listen to you.
1:00:15 > 1:00:20If that's what you want, I'll listen to all you have to say.
1:00:26 > 1:00:30They say when trouble comes,
1:00:30 > 1:00:32close ranks.
1:00:34 > 1:00:37And so the white people did.
1:00:37 > 1:00:39But we were not in their ranks.
1:00:41 > 1:00:43They did not approve of my mother.
1:00:45 > 1:00:49We were alone and poor for five years after my father died.
1:00:49 > 1:00:53It is a long time to live like that.
1:00:56 > 1:00:59She was so lonely, she grew away from people.
1:01:04 > 1:01:06And then?
1:01:06 > 1:01:10Then, one day, everything changed. Suddenly there were people again.
1:01:12 > 1:01:14Visitors. And then Mr Mason.
1:01:14 > 1:01:17So why did you leave the plantation?
1:01:21 > 1:01:23We were driven out.
1:01:26 > 1:01:29They burned the house to the ground.
1:01:29 > 1:01:32- Very dramatic.- It's true.
1:01:32 > 1:01:39- The fire killed my brother, Pierre, and in a way my mother died too that night.- Death number one?
1:01:48 > 1:01:51She'd lost Pierre and she blamed Mr Mason.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54She wouldn't let him near her.
1:01:54 > 1:01:57He said she tried to kill him.
1:01:57 > 1:02:02He bought a house and hired a man and woman to keep her there and look after her.
1:02:06 > 1:02:08So she did go mad?
1:02:09 > 1:02:14They told me she was ill and she had gone to the country.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18They wanted me to forget her.
1:02:21 > 1:02:25But I'm not a forgetting person.
1:02:25 > 1:02:27So what did you do?
1:02:28 > 1:02:31One day I went to visit her.
1:02:31 > 1:02:33I could hear her crying,
1:02:33 > 1:02:37so I ran onto the veranda where I could see into the room.
1:02:39 > 1:02:41She was wearing an evening dress,
1:02:41 > 1:02:43cut very low, and she was barefoot.
1:02:45 > 1:02:48And there was a fat, black man...
1:02:48 > 1:02:50the one Mr Mason had hired.
1:02:51 > 1:02:53He had a glass of rum
1:02:53 > 1:02:55and he said,
1:02:55 > 1:02:59"Drink. Drink and you'll forget."
1:03:01 > 1:03:04And she drank it all without stopping.
1:03:06 > 1:03:12Then he grabbed her and kissed her.
1:03:13 > 1:03:16His mouth, hard on hers.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21And she didn't even struggle.
1:03:25 > 1:03:27And I remember...
1:03:27 > 1:03:29he laughed...
1:03:31 > 1:03:32..he laughed.
1:03:34 > 1:03:38And...I ran away and I never went back.
1:03:49 > 1:03:50Well, there it is.
1:03:52 > 1:03:54That's the truth.
1:04:00 > 1:04:03Is it too late for that?
1:04:11 > 1:04:15You're shivering.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35Your hands are cold.
1:04:36 > 1:04:39You've been sat here too long.
1:04:41 > 1:04:45It's late. We can talk things over tomorrow.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54And all the days after.
1:05:10 > 1:05:15- Will you come in and say goodnight to me?- Of course.
1:05:16 > 1:05:18If you wish.
1:06:14 > 1:06:17We are letting ghosts destroy us.
1:06:21 > 1:06:23We've forgotten how to live.
1:06:26 > 1:06:27Drink.
1:06:28 > 1:06:33Drink and you'll... and you'll remember.
1:07:03 > 1:07:06HE RETCHES
1:09:15 > 1:09:19Bring me something to eat.
1:10:44 > 1:10:45What are you doing?
1:10:45 > 1:10:47Fixing you better.
1:10:47 > 1:10:49Why?
1:10:51 > 1:10:54I am sorry for you.
1:10:56 > 1:10:58Sorry for me?
1:11:24 > 1:11:26EDWARD GRUNTS, AMELIE SIGHS
1:11:28 > 1:11:30AMELIE GROANS
1:11:41 > 1:11:44THEY THUD AGAINST THE DOOR
1:12:42 > 1:12:44Here we are, it's a present.
1:12:53 > 1:12:55So what will you do now?
1:12:57 > 1:12:59My sister's in Demerara.
1:12:59 > 1:13:01A dressmaker.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03I go see her.
1:13:06 > 1:13:09You're too beautiful to be a dressmaker.
1:13:09 > 1:13:11Maybe I go to Rio.
1:13:13 > 1:13:15Plenty of rich men in Rio.
1:13:15 > 1:13:18Rio's a long way away from Christophine?
1:13:23 > 1:13:25Are you still sorry for me?
1:13:25 > 1:13:26Yes.
1:13:27 > 1:13:31I'm sorry for you.
1:13:33 > 1:13:35But I am sorry for her too.
1:14:58 > 1:15:02- What are you doing?- Having a drink. - Do you think that's wise?
1:15:05 > 1:15:07Do you think you can stop me?
1:15:13 > 1:15:15Is she prettier than me?
1:15:15 > 1:15:17Hmm?
1:15:17 > 1:15:21Is that why you're trying to turn me into someone else?
1:15:21 > 1:15:23You married the wrong kind?
1:15:23 > 1:15:28You like the... you like the coloured girls better?
1:15:28 > 1:15:31You talk so much about how you don't like slavery
1:15:31 > 1:15:37- and then get up to the same tricks when you get a chance. - It's hardly the same.- Oh, isn't it?
1:15:37 > 1:15:41- You send the girl away quicker and with less money!- Slavery was not a matter of liking or disliking.
1:15:41 > 1:15:45- It was a question of justice. - Justice?
1:15:46 > 1:15:49Oh, that's a cold word.
1:15:49 > 1:15:51A damn, cold lie.
1:15:52 > 1:15:55There is no justice.
1:16:00 > 1:16:02I loved this place.
1:16:02 > 1:16:04I loved it with all my heart.
1:16:04 > 1:16:07And now you've made it a place I hate.
1:16:07 > 1:16:12I used to think if I lost everything, I would still have this.
1:16:12 > 1:16:16But now I have nothing. And I hate it. Like I hate you.
1:16:16 > 1:16:20And I swear, before I die, I will show you just how much.
1:16:29 > 1:16:32Don't you love me - even a little?
1:16:40 > 1:16:42No.
1:16:56 > 1:16:58Stop it!
1:17:02 > 1:17:06Go on. Try and touch me. Just once.
1:17:06 > 1:17:09- Try.- Hush up now! Crying's no good with him.
1:17:09 > 1:17:12I told you before. Crying's no good.
1:17:26 > 1:17:30I hope you satisfied. I hope you well satisfied!
1:17:51 > 1:17:55You will burn for what you do to her.
1:18:28 > 1:18:31"Father, you've succeeded.
1:18:33 > 1:18:37"Did you plan this to make a fool of me?
1:18:41 > 1:18:49"I was young, conceited, foolish and trusting.
1:18:52 > 1:18:55"Above all, I was young.
1:19:09 > 1:19:11"I am not young now.
1:19:15 > 1:19:19"There is a cool wind blowing. A cold wind.
1:19:24 > 1:19:26"Words rush through my head.
1:19:27 > 1:19:30"Pity is one of them.
1:19:30 > 1:19:32"Is there none for me?
1:19:34 > 1:19:36"Tied to a lunatic for life.
1:19:38 > 1:19:42"That blank, hating face.
1:19:43 > 1:19:47"I'll watch for one tear, one human tear.
1:19:48 > 1:19:52"If she weeps, or smiles...
1:19:52 > 1:19:55"I will take her in my arms.
1:19:55 > 1:19:58"My beautiful lunatic.
1:19:59 > 1:20:02"What will I care for gods...
1:20:02 > 1:20:07"or devils, or for fate itself,
1:20:07 > 1:20:11"if she smiles...for me?"
1:20:15 > 1:20:17Baptiste has the horses ready.
1:20:17 > 1:20:21The carriage will meet us in town and the luggage will follow in days.
1:20:22 > 1:20:25- Where are we going?- Home.
1:20:25 > 1:20:27To England.
1:20:28 > 1:20:30And what will happen in England?
1:20:32 > 1:20:37You are not well. I will consult with doctors and follow their advice.
1:20:39 > 1:20:43Doctors will say whatever you tell them to.
1:20:45 > 1:20:48I want what's best for you. You must trust me.
1:20:56 > 1:20:58How can I? I know nothing about you.
1:21:06 > 1:21:07Very well.
1:21:09 > 1:21:12If it's to be hell,
1:21:12 > 1:21:13let it be hell.
1:21:16 > 1:21:19No more false heavens.
1:21:19 > 1:21:21No more damned magic.
1:21:23 > 1:21:25You hate me.
1:21:27 > 1:21:29But we will see who hates best.
1:21:54 > 1:21:59'They tell me I am in England but I don't believe them.
1:22:00 > 1:22:02'We lost our way to England.'
1:22:04 > 1:22:09'I fell asleep and when I woke we were in colder waters...'
1:22:10 > 1:22:14'We had crossed the wide Sargasso Sea....
1:22:15 > 1:22:19'..but we changed course and lost our way.
1:22:23 > 1:22:25'This is not England.'
1:22:26 > 1:22:30'But I know now why I'm here.'
1:22:35 > 1:22:37'I know what I must do.'
1:22:38 > 1:22:40WIND HOWLS
1:23:29 > 1:23:33Subtitles by Laura Jones Red Bee Media Ltd 2006
1:23:33 > 1:23:37E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk