Where to watch Firelight(1998)

Where to stream Firelight

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Firelight plot summary

Passion has no limits.

In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child of an 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 girl's father, 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.

Details

Release date

May 27, 1998

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Romance, Drama

Directed by

William Nicholson

Country

United Kingdom, United States

TMDB rating

6.7 / 10 · 77 votes

Firelight trailer

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Cast

• Sophie MarceauElisabeth Laurier
• Stephen DillaneCharles Godwin
• Dominique BelcourtLouisa Godwin
• Kevin AndersonJohn Taylor
• Joss AcklandLord Clare
• Lia WilliamsConstance
• Sally DexterMolly Holland
• Emma AmosEllen
• Maggie McCarthyMrs. Jago
• Wolf KahlerSussman

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