本片根据英国作家据夏洛蒂·勃朗特同名原著改编。
从小失去父母的简·爱（夏洛特·甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰）寄居在舅妈家，自幼受尽表兄欺辱和舅妈冷眼，稍大些后即被送入管教严格的教会女子学校。在冷漠、刻板环境中长大的简·爱并没有成为心理扭曲的女孩， 而是自立自强，还积累了不凡的学识修养，成年后她成为桑菲尔德贵族庄园的家庭教师。男主人罗切斯特先生（威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰）个性暴燥，行事神秘。开始简并不喜欢这男主人，可随着二人慢慢熟悉，罗切斯特先生体会到简·爱的与众不同，并渐渐爱上她，简·爱亦受到罗切斯特先生的强烈吸引，但是大宅夜晚总会发生一些怪事，这个庄园中似乎隐藏着惊人的秘密…
A grieving man discovers that the seemingly quiet town is hiding a very terrifying secret. Now he must find a way to overcome his grief and fight back against the darkness that has consumed the town and its people.
The script is set in 1759. Mauritius is in the hands of the Kingdom of France. Massamba and Mati, two slaves in the plantation of Eugène Larcenet (Beno?t Magimel), live a life of fear and toil. He dreams for his daughter to be freed, while she longs to leave the green hell of sugarcane. One night, she runs away. Madame La Victoire (Camille Cottin), a famous slave huntress, is t...
Orphaned at birth, Jean abandons his wife and infant child, believing that he is protecting them from his criminal double life. On the run, his frantic odyssey will bring him back to the fatherhood he was fleeing.
