The Governess

Release Date:
Jun 11, 1998
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
1:54
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Sandra Goldbacher
Cast:
Minnie Driver Rosina 'Rosie' da Silva, aka Mary Blackchurch
Tom Wilkinson Mr. Charles Cavendish
Florence Hoath Clementina Cavendish
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Henry Cavendish
Harriet Walter Mrs. Cavendish
Arlene Cockburn Lily Milk, the Maid
Emma Bird Rebecca 'Becca'
Adam Levy Benjamin
Bruce Meyers Rosina's Father (Papa)
Diana Brooks Rosina's Mother
Raymond Brody Litnoff
Cyril Shaps Doctor
Kendal Cramer Young Rosina
Ralph Riach Mr. Hewlett
Joe Bromley Prostitute
Stephen Robbins Rabbi
Countess Koulinskyi Aunt Sofka
Producers:
Sally Hibbin , Sarah Curtis
Writers:
Sandra Goldbacher
Language:
English

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Following her father's murder, a London Jew, Rosina da Silva, reinvents herself as a Protestant governess on a remote Scottish island. Schooling the Cavendish family's daughter, Clementina, she soon incites the amorous passions of patriarch Charles, a scientist obsessed with capturing the photographic image. When his rebellious son Henry arrives home, complications arise, emotions entangle and secrets inevitably spill out.

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