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31 July 1998 (USA) morePlot:
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
I would rather be a prostitute swallowing semolina than become that fish merchant's wife. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Minnie Driver | ... | Rosina da Silva | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | Mr. Charles Cavendish | |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Mrs. Cavendish | |
| Florence Hoath | ... | Clementina Cavendish | |
| Bruce Myers | ... | Rosina's Father | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Henry Cavendish | |
| Arlene Cockburn | ... | Lily Milk, the Maid | |
| Emma Bird | ... | Rebecca | |
| Adam Levy | ... | Benjamin | |
| Countess Koulinskyi | ... | Aunt Sofka (as The Countess Koulinskyi) | |
| Diana Brooks | ... | Rosina's Mother | |
| Raymond Brody | ... | Litnoff | |
| Cyril Shaps | ... | Doctor | |
| Kendal Cramer | ... | Young Rosina | |
| Ralph Riach | ... | Mr. Hewlett |
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Continuity: When Mr. Cavendish takes the first photo of Miss Blackchurch, the camera is pointing toward the floor and not where Mr. Cavendish is looking. moreQuotes:
Charles Cavendish: I do not feel myself.Mary Blackchurch: Nor do I. But we can be any self we want, can't we?
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After her father is murdered, Rosina (Minnie Driver) must marry without love or strike out and try something different. She changes her name and takes a job as a governess.
Of course, she also has to hide her Jewishness and learn to be a Protestant.
Her employer, Charles Cavendish (Tom Wilkinson) is a photographer working on a way to fix the photos he takes so that they last more than a day. She shows an interest in his work and spends her spare time helping. As expected, Minnie Drivers sensuality soon captivates him. He gives up his photographs of nature and gets into portraiture.
He realizes that he is not her intellectual equal and, when he discovers that he was in love with a Jewess, he turns very cruel.
She returns to London during a cholera epidemic, finding her mother dead. He new knowledge enable her family to survive, and she flourishes.
Driver was outstanding, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers was also good as the son.
Sandra Goldbacher's first feature film shows much promise.