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Firelight

6.7 103 mins Romance   Drama   1998
Wind Dancer Productions   Hollywood Pictures   Carnival Films   Miramax  
Director(s): William Nicholson

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.

Casts of Firelight

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

Anthony Dutton

as Dodds

Hugh Walters

as Dr. Geddes

Peter Needham

as Rector

Melissa Knatchbull

as Mrs. Hurst

Mark Chapman

as Servant Jake

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