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The Governess(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-07-31
58%
27 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
Overview:
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
British Screen Productions
Movie: The Governess
Top 10 Billed Cast
Minnie Driver
Rosina da Silva
Tom Wilkinson
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Harriet Walter
Mrs. Cavendish
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Henry Cavendish
Florence Hoath
Clementina Cavendish
Emma Bird
Rebecca
Adam Levy
Benjamin
Bruce Myers
Rosina's Father
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When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Release Date
1998-07-31
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