The Governess
1998, Film, 115 min, Drama, Romance, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 62
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Directed by Sandra Goldbacher
Cast
- Minnie Driver as Rosina da Silva
- Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Charles Cavendish
- Florence Hoath as Clementina Cavendish
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry Cavendish
- Harriet Walter as Mrs. Cavendish
- Arlene Cockburn as Lily Milk, the Maid
- Emma Bird as Rebecca
- Adam Levy as Benjamin
- Countess Koulinskyi as Aunt Sofka
- Bruce Myers as Rosina's Father
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