Jane Eyre 1996

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli | Starring: Anna Paquin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.