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The Governess

The Governess

Sandra Goldbacher

1998

  • Drama
  • Romance
5.8

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.

Cast & crew

  • Sandra GoldbacherDirector
  • Minnie DriverRosina da Silva
  • Tom WilkinsonMr. Charles Cavendish
  • Harriet WalterMrs. Cavendish
  • Jonathan Rhys MeyersHenry Cavendish
  • Florence HoathClementina Cavendish
  • Arlene CockburnLily Milk, the Maid
  • Emma BirdRebecca
  • Adam LevyBenjamin

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