The Governess (Original title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 23 October 1998 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Sandra Goldbacher
Synopsis: Drama set in Victorian Britain. A young Jewish woman, after the death of her father, disguises her religious heritage, changes her name, and takes a job as a governess to a family on the Isle of Skye. There she begins to help the master of the house in his photographic experiments and a passionate attraction develops between them.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Governesses, Jewish community in Great Britain, Photography
Releases
Date: 31 July 1998Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 23 October 1998Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins 30 secs - Length: 10305 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Alliance Releasing (UK)
Date: December 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Capturing the Shadows of Ghosts - Mixed Media and the Fem...Author: FELBER, Lynette Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Female Gaze in The WOMEN ON THE ROOF and The GOVERNESS". Two recent period films look at the roles women might have in the discovery of photography and early photographers' practice - KVINNORNA PA TAKET and The GOVERNESS.
In: Sight and Sound v11 n7 July 2001 Page: 63
Title: Homemovies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v10 n1 January 2000 Page: 65
Title: Video reviews: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: A note of the release on video of The GOVERNESS (1998).
In: Eyepiece v20 n3 Jun/Jul 1999 Page: 22
Title: The making of the Governess.Author: SAMETT, Max Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article in which Ashley Rowe talks about filming for THE GOVERNESS. Plus, filmography for him.
In: Music from the Movies n22 Winter 1999 Page: 26
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: KENT, Peter Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Soundtrack review of Edward Shearmur's score for The GOVERNESS.
In: Film Review vSpec nNo.26 Year Book 1998/9 Page: 67
Title: GovernessAuthor: GIBSON, Troy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n37 12 Sep 1998 Page: 29
Title: The GovernessArticle type: ArticleLanguage: German
In: Empire n113 November 1998 Pages: 152-153
Title: Music soundtracks etc.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review of the soundtrack to GOVERNESS (1998).
In: Empire n113 November 1998 Page: 44
Title: New filmsAuthor: HUMPHRIES, Patrick Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n11 November 1998 Page: 51
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MATTHEWS, Peter Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1143 30 Jan 1998 Page: 22
Title: The GovernessAuthor: TUTT, Louise Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1163 19 Jun 1998 Page: 24
Title: ReviewsAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v17 n67 September 1998 Pages: 34-36
Title: Alien Tonalities and Sephardic TraditionsAuthor: LARSON, Randall D. Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Edward Shearmur in which he discusses his career, and especially his work on the scores for SPECIES II and The GOVERNESS
In: Film Review November 1998 Page: 18
Title: The GovernessAuthor: GIBSON, Troy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Variety 15 Jun 1998 Page: 99
Title: Film reviewsAuthor: EISNER, Ken Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1117 18 Jul 1997 Page: 17
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v5 n9 October 1997 Page: 15
Title: Trailer: Minnie DriverAuthor: BREALEY, Louise Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: short interview with Minnie Driver on the set of THE GOVERNESS
In: Screen International n1119 01 Aug 1997 Page: 22
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: further details, e.g. cast listing
Author: MARTIN-JONES, David Pages: ix, 254 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(4)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-713928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713928-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-713932-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-607020
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 10297 FeetStock date: 1998BFI identifier: C-1055316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 23 October 1998 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Sandra Goldbacher
Synopsis: Drama set in Victorian Britain. A young Jewish woman, after the death of her father, disguises her religious heritage, changes her name, and takes a job as a governess to a family on the Isle of Skye. There she begins to help the master of the house in his photographic experiments and a passionate attraction develops between them.
Genre: Period drama
Subjects: Governesses, Jewish community in Great Britain, Photography
Releases
Date: 31 July 1998Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 23 October 1998Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 114 mins 30 secs - Length: 10305 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Alliance Releasing (UK)
Date: December 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(81)
©: Parallax (The Governess) Ltd, Production Company: Pandora Cinema, Production Company: Parallax Pictures, With the participation of: British Screen, Arts Council of England, In Association with: BBC Films, Supported by: National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, Executive Producer: Sally Hibbin, Producer: Sarah Curtis, Production Supervisor: Cathy Lord, Production Co-ordinator: Ann Lynch, Production Accountant: Jim Hajicosta, Location Manager (Scotland): Joe Gibbs, Location Manager (London): Nick Fulton, Post-production Co-ordinator: Miranda Jones, 2nd Unit Director: Peter Salmi, Assistant Director (1st): Stephen Woolfenden, Assistant Director (2nd): Beni Turkson, Assistant Director (3rd): Jim Threapleton, Script Supervisor: Caroline O'Reilly, Casting Director: Michelle Guish, Screenplay: Sandra Goldbacher, Director of Photography: Ashley Rowe, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Oliver Curtis, 2nd Camera Operator: Matt Grey, Steadicam Operator: Alastair Rae, Focus Puller: Ian Clark, Focus Puller (2nd): John Webb, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Steve Cassidy, Clapper: Richie Donnelly, Period Still Photographer: David Hiscock, Digital/Optical Effects: Peerless Camera Company, Digital Dream/Photo Sequences: Tom Sparks, Smoke & Mirrors, Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Reynolds, Editor: Isabel Lorente, Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood, Art Director: Philip Robinson, Set Decorator: Katie Spencer, Scenic Artist: Tony Statham, Prop Master: Paul Emerson, Costume Designer: Caroline Harris, Costume Supervisor: Marco Scotti, Wardrobe Mistress: Hilary Guthrie, Chief Make-up/Hair Designer: Veronica Brebner, Hair/Make-up Artist: Vicky Newman, Titles Sequence: Fly Productions (London), Music: Edward Shearmur, Sephardi Party Music: Lucy Skeaping, Burning Bush, Featured Vocalist: Ofra Haza, Musician (Cantor): Maurice Martin, Musician (Viola de Gamba): Mark Levy, Musician (Percussion): Hossam Ramzy, Musician (Metal Harp): Gill Tingay, Musician (Recorders): Philip Pickett, Musician (Rebec/Fiddle/Drone Fiddle): Pavlo Beznosiuk, Musician (Lute): John Themis, Musician (Shofar): Alan Martin, Music Recorder/Mixer: Stephen McLaughlin, Music Fixer: Andy Brown, Incidental Music Adviser: Jeremy Davis, Choreography: Rosy Sanders, Sound Recording: Danny Hambrook, Sound Maintenance: Martin Beresford, Dubbing Mixer: Clive Pendry, Mick Boggis, Supervising Sound Editor: Jupiter Sen, Dialogue Editor: Stewart Henderson, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Editor: Mike Feinberg, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Editor: John Griffith, Stunt Co-ordinator: Nick Powell, Stand-in (Minnie Driver): Debbie Haney, Food Specialist: Debbie Brodie, Researcher of Jewish Studies: Stehanie Haruni, Dialogue Coach: Andrew Jack
Cast
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Minnie Driver (Rosina DaSilva, 'Mary Blackchurch'), Tom Wilkinson (Charles Cavendish), Harriet Walter (Mrs Cavendish), Florence Hoath (Clementina Cavendish), Bruce Myers (Mr DaSilva, Rosina's father), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Henry Cavendish), Arlene Cockburn (Lily Milk), Emma Bird (Rebecca), Adam Levy (Benjamin), Countess Koulinskyi (Aunt Sofka), Diana Brooks (Mrs DaSilva, Rosina's mother), Raymond Brody (Litnoff), Olga (Leonora), Cyril Shaps (doctor), Kendal Cramer (young Rosina DaSilva), Ralph Riach (Mr Hewlett), Joe Bromley (prostitute), Stephen Robbins (Robbi)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(18)
In: Film Quarterly v54 n4 Summer 2001 Pages: 27-37Title: Capturing the Shadows of Ghosts - Mixed Media and the Fem...Author: FELBER, Lynette Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Female Gaze in The WOMEN ON THE ROOF and The GOVERNESS". Two recent period films look at the roles women might have in the discovery of photography and early photographers' practice - KVINNORNA PA TAKET and The GOVERNESS.
In: Sight and Sound v11 n7 July 2001 Page: 63
Title: Homemovies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v10 n1 January 2000 Page: 65
Title: Video reviews: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: A note of the release on video of The GOVERNESS (1998).
In: Eyepiece v20 n3 Jun/Jul 1999 Page: 22
Title: The making of the Governess.Author: SAMETT, Max Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article in which Ashley Rowe talks about filming for THE GOVERNESS. Plus, filmography for him.
In: Music from the Movies n22 Winter 1999 Page: 26
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: KENT, Peter Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Soundtrack review of Edward Shearmur's score for The GOVERNESS.
In: Film Review vSpec nNo.26 Year Book 1998/9 Page: 67
Title: GovernessAuthor: GIBSON, Troy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n37 12 Sep 1998 Page: 29
Title: The GovernessArticle type: ArticleLanguage: German
In: Empire n113 November 1998 Pages: 152-153
Title: Music soundtracks etc.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review of the soundtrack to GOVERNESS (1998).
In: Empire n113 November 1998 Page: 44
Title: New filmsAuthor: HUMPHRIES, Patrick Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n11 November 1998 Page: 51
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MATTHEWS, Peter Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1143 30 Jan 1998 Page: 22
Title: The GovernessAuthor: TUTT, Louise Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1163 19 Jun 1998 Page: 24
Title: ReviewsAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v17 n67 September 1998 Pages: 34-36
Title: Alien Tonalities and Sephardic TraditionsAuthor: LARSON, Randall D. Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Edward Shearmur in which he discusses his career, and especially his work on the scores for SPECIES II and The GOVERNESS
In: Film Review November 1998 Page: 18
Title: The GovernessAuthor: GIBSON, Troy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Variety 15 Jun 1998 Page: 99
Title: Film reviewsAuthor: EISNER, Ken Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1117 18 Jul 1997 Page: 17
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v5 n9 October 1997 Page: 15
Title: Trailer: Minnie DriverAuthor: BREALEY, Louise Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: short interview with Minnie Driver on the set of THE GOVERNESS
In: Screen International n1119 01 Aug 1997 Page: 22
Title: International ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: further details, e.g. cast listing
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Scotland: global cinema: genres, modes and identitiesAuthor: MARTIN-JONES, David Pages: ix, 254 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(4)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-713928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:51:00 minutesV210 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713928-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - V210 - BFI identifier: N-713932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:49:51 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-713932-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-607020
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:44:49 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-613721
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 10297 FeetStock date: 1998BFI identifier: C-1055316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film