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Firelight (1998)
Directed by William Nicholson
“Passion has no limits.”
Romance, Drama · 1h 43m
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child of an anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth, she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The girl's father, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
Cast
Sophie Marceau
Elisabeth Laurier
Stephen Dillane
Charles Godwin
Dominique Belcourt
Louisa Godwin
Kevin Anderson
John Taylor
Joss Ackland
Lord Clare
Lia Williams
Constance
Sally Dexter
Molly Holland
Emma Amos
Ellen
Maggie McCarthy
Mrs. Jago
Wolf Kahler
Sussman
Annabel Giles
Amy Godwin
John Flanagan
Robert Ames
Crew
- Director
- William Nicholson
- Writer
- William Nicholson
- Director of Photography
- Nic Morris
- Original Music Composer
- Christopher Gunning
- Editor
- Chris Wimble
- Producer
- Brian Eastman
Details
- Release date
- 1998-05-27
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Wind Dancer Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Carnival Films, Miramax
- Box office
- $785,482