Firelight (1998)
Release: May 27, 1998 | Runtime: 1h 43m | Rating: 6.7
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of 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 father of the girl, 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.
Passion has no limits.
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Main cast
- Sophie Marceau as Elisabeth Laurier
- Stephen Dillane as Charles Godwin
- Dominique Belcourt as Louisa Godwin
- Kevin Anderson as John Taylor
- Joss Ackland as Lord Clare
- Lia Williams as Constance
- Sally Dexter as Molly Holland
- Emma Amos as Ellen
- Maggie McCarthy as Mrs. Jago
- Wolf Kahler as Sussman
- Annabel Giles as Amy Godwin
- John Flanagan as Robert Ames
- Valerie Minifie as Hannah
- Diana Payan as Mrs. Maidment
- John Hodgkinson as Carlo
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What is Firelight about?
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of 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 father of the girl, 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.
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