CinemaOSMovie · 1998 · 1h 43m · R
Firelight

Passion has no limits.

67%(77)IMDbRomanceDrama

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.

Directed byWilliam Nicholson

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
EN
Released
May 27, 1998
Revenue
$785,482
Studios
Hollywood PicturesCarnival FilmsMiramax

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Featuring

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10 credited
Starring
Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Elisabeth Laurier

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane

Charles Godwin

Dominique Belcourt

Dominique Belcourt

Louisa Godwin

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

John Taylor

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Lord Clare

Lia Williams

Lia Williams

Constance

Sally Dexter

Sally Dexter

Molly Holland

Emma Amos

Emma Amos

Ellen

Maggie McCarthy

Maggie McCarthy

Mrs. Jago

Wolf Kahler

Wolf Kahler

Sussman

Creative team
Directed by
William Nicholson
William Nicholson
Written by
William Nicholson
William Nicholson
Produced by
Brian Eastman

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