"Wide Sargasso Sea” (1993) presents tragedy, love, hate, and madness against the backdrop of 19th century Jamaica. A young woman, portrayed by Karina Lombard, enters into marriage with an Englishman, played by Nathaniel Parker, in the mid-1800s to protect her family’s plantation. Rachel Ward takes on the role of her mother, Michael York is her stepfather, and Martine Beswick portrays her aunt, though these are sma…