
Firelight
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.
Release Date: 1998-05-27
Romance
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (66 votes)
Casts

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