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Firelight (1997) 7.3
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 ... See full summary » Director:William NicholsonWriter:William Nicholson |
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Elisabeth Laurier
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Charles Godwin
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Louisa Godwin
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Robert Ames
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Hannah
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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. Written by Anonymous
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Release Date:
4 September 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A la luz del fuego See more »Box Office
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$236,775 (USA) (11 September 1998)Gross:
$784,419 (USA) (25 December 1998)Company Credits
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Louisa: Papa! Papa!
Charles Godwin: [Pounds on the door] Miss Laurier, open this door at once!
[Elisabeth opens the door and locks it behind her]
Charles Godwin: What do you think you're doing? Open the door!
Elisabeth: No, sir.
[Charles tries to get the key from behind Elisabeth's back]
Louisa: Please, Papa! Come here, please!
Charles Godwin: I will not have you treat my daughter like this.
Elisabeth: Would you have her grow up ignorant...
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Charles Godwin: [Rushing to the school room upon hearing Louisa throwing a tantrum from being locked inside the school room finding the door locked] Open the door.Louisa: Papa! Papa!
Charles Godwin: [Pounds on the door] Miss Laurier, open this door at once!
[Elisabeth opens the door and locks it behind her]
Charles Godwin: What do you think you're doing? Open the door!
Elisabeth: No, sir.
[Charles tries to get the key from behind Elisabeth's back]
Louisa: Please, Papa! Come here, please!
Charles Godwin: I will not have you treat my daughter like this.
Elisabeth: Would you have her grow up ignorant...
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The artistry of this movie is not evident the first time you watch it because you notice nothing but the actors' brown eyes and the blue cold rooms of the mansion.
But watch it a few more times and you realize how balanced the story is, how themes of birth and death parallel heat and cold, love and hate.
The script is simple because silence and secrecy drive the plot. Compared to Jane Eyre, it is rather sparse, but so what?
I gave it a 10.