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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.
Theatrical
Sep 4, 1998
Box Office
$785K
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Wind Dancer Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Carnival Films, Miramax
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Sophie Marceau
Elisabeth Laurier
S
Stephen Dillane
Charles Godwin
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Kevin Anderson
John Taylor
J
Joss Ackland
Lord Clare
L
Lia Williams
Constance
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Sally Dexter
Molly Holland
E
Emma Amos
Ellen
M
Maggie McCarthy
Mrs. Jago
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Wolf Kahler
Sussman
A
Annabel Giles
Amy Godwin
J
John Flanagan
Robert Ames
V
Valerie Minifie
Hannah
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Diana Payan
Mrs. Maidment
J
John Hodgkinson
Carlo
A
Anthony Dutton
Dodds
H
Hugh Walters
Dr. Geddes
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Peter Needham
Rector
M
Melissa Knatchbull
Mrs. Hurst
M
Mark Chapman
Servant Jake
