Firelight

Firelight (1998)

Passion has no limits.

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.

Date of release
1998-05-27
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (77)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
William Nicholson

Casting

  • 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

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