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- BFI identifier454282
- Date1997 (Copyright)
1998-08-14 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisIn 1838, beautiful Swiss governess, Eisabeth, agrees to conceive a child for an unknown English landowner in order to pay off her father's debts. When her daughter is born, she gives her up as agreed, but continues to pine for the child. Seven years later, she is hired as a governess to look after a spoiled little girl on a remote Sussex estate. The child turns out to be her own, but she is forbidden to reveal her identity or to acknowledge her past relationship with the girl's father. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: William Nicholson
Production Company: Hollywood Pictures Company
Production Company: Wind Dancer
view all - CastMike Fraser Ltd (Negative Cutting)
Sophie Marceau (Elisabeth Laurier)
Stephen Dillane (Charles Godwin)
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Title
Firelight (Original)
Fireflight (Working)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3B9C-F17F-A164-129A-24DC-ICategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- StillsPhotograph: transparency - SPD-266915
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view all - ArticlesPremiere n255 June 1998 Cannes - Credits, ReviewMusic from the Movies n21 Autumn 1998 - ArticleScreen International vDaily nCannes 13 May 1997 - AdvertisementEyepiece v17 n1 Feb/Mar 1996 - Credits, Prod. DetailsEyepiece v17 n2 Apr/May 1996 - Creditsview all
- Firelight
Work - 454282 - 1997 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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