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Firelight
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Firelight

Wed, May 27, 1998
  • Romance
  • Drama
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Sep 4, 1998
FR
  • In CinemasSun, Sep 14, 1997Deauville Film Festival
DE
  • In CinemasThu, Aug 13, 1998
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Sophie Marceau
    Sophie Marceau
    as Elisabeth Laurier
  • Stephen Dillane
    Stephen Dillane
    as Charles Godwin
  • Dominique Belcourt
    Dominique Belcourt
    as Louisa Godwin
  • Kevin Anderson
    Kevin Anderson
    as John Taylor
  • Joss Ackland
    Joss Ackland
    as Lord Clare
  • Lia Williams
    Lia Williams
    as Constance
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