Firelight (1997) ( Firelight - Le lien secret ) ( Fire light )

Firelight (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Firelight - Le lien secret
Alternate Title: Fire light
Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William Nicholson

Written By:
William Nicholson

Actors:
Sophie Marceau ..... Elisabeth Laurier
Stephen Dillane ..... Charles Godwin
Dominique Belcourt ..... Louisa Godwin
Kevin Anderson ..... John Taylor
Lia Williams ..... Constance
Joss Ackland ..... Lord Clare
Sally Dexter ..... Molly Holland
Emma Amos ..... Ellen
Maggie McCarthy ..... Mrs. Jago
Wolf Kahler ..... Sussman
Annabel Giles ..... Amy Godwin
John Flanagan ..... Robert Ames
Tom Fisher ..... Davey
Valerie Minifie ..... Hannah
Diana Payan ..... Mrs. Madment

Synopsis:

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.

Firelight is a 1997 period romance film written and directed by William Nicholson and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. Written by William Nicholson, the film is about a woman who agrees to bear the child of an anonymous English landowner in return for payment to resolve her father's debts. When the child is born, the woman gives up the child as agreed. Seven years later, the woman is hired as a governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate, whose father is the anonymous landowner.

In 1838, Swiss governess Elisabeth Laurier (Sophie Marceau) agrees to bear a child for an anonymous Englishman. In return, the Englishman will pay all of her father's debts. They meet over three nights at a lonely island hotel. Despite their wish for detachment, they develop a deeply passionate connection during their lovemaking by firelight. Their feelings grow after they converse on the beach and at the hotel. Elisabeth gives birth to a girl, Louisa, nine months later. As agreed she gives the child away, but never forgets her.

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