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Firelight

1998 · 103 min

A slow, smoldering period romance steeped in longing, secrecy, and quiet moral compromise, with a constant undercurrent of melancholy.

Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
Passion has no limits.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • parenthood
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
William Nicholson
Written by
William Nicholson
Starring
Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane, Dominique Belcourt, Kevin Anderson, Joss Ackland, Lia Williams, Sally Dexter, Emma Amos
Music
Christopher Gunning
Cinematography
Nic Morris
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, French

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