A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.

1997 film directed by Robert Young and Fred Schepisi

简爱（萨曼莎·莫顿 Samantha Morton 饰）从小就失去了父母，成为了孤儿，在舅妈家尝尽了寄人篱下的屈辱和苦楚，看透了人情冷暖世态炎凉。长大后，简爱被送入了教会女子学校，在那里，等待着她的是艰苦的学习和刻板森严的校规。
凭借着不屈的意志和不懈的努力，简爱学成归来，来到了桑菲尔德庄园，成为了罗切斯特先生（塞伦·希德 Ciarán Hinds 饰）家中的家庭教师。简爱和罗切斯特常常针锋相对，两人的思想和激辩碰撞出了热情的火花，随着时间的推移，罗切斯特渐渐爱上了自强自立与众不同的简爱，简爱亦然。可是，就在两人准备成婚之时，简爱却发现罗切斯特有一位疯疯癫癫的妻子，悲愤之中，简爱选择了离开。