Firelight
Firelight

Firelight

Passion has no limits.

6.7(69 votes)
1998
1h 43m
Romance
Drama

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.

Production

Wind Dancer Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Carnival Films, Miramax

Cast

Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Elisabeth Laurier

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane

Charles Godwin

Dominique Belcourt

Dominique Belcourt

Louisa Godwin

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

John Taylor

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Lord Clare

Lia Williams

Lia Williams

Constance

Sally Dexter

Sally Dexter

Molly Holland

Emma Amos

Emma Amos

Ellen

Maggie McCarthy

Maggie McCarthy

Mrs. Jago

Wolf Kahler

Wolf Kahler

Sussman

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