Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

Leading lovely Karina Lombard is as lush, balmy and breathtakingly gorgeous as the Caribbean island setting of Wide Sargasso Sea, an erotic classic destined to attract new generations of devotees with its recent arrival on DVD. Karina plays a young woman who has inherited land in 1840s Jamaica. She harbors dark secrets regarding her past and carnal longings that loom within her like the torrents that blast through her surroundings each hurricane season. Enter a repressed British gentleman who, at first, marries Karina simply to score a dowry -- and then discovers that the true source of scorching heat in their tropical playground is his new wife. Powerful performances, dynamic direction and impossibly perfect cinematography coalesce unforgettably to heighten the sensuality that illuminates every frame of Wide Sargasso Sea. This is a journey not to be missed by lovers of cinema, the beauty of the human form and the exhilaration of being carried off by an eternal tale, brilliantly told.