The Governess

The Governess

1998 · 115 min · EN · 6.0 (22 votes)
Dir. Sandra Goldbacher · Starring Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Florence Hoath, Arlene Cockburn · Music Edward Shearmur
DramaRomance

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.

VIBE

A sweeping, yet intimate, period romance. It feels like a hushed secret shared in a grand, windswept estate, where forbidden desire simmers beneath a veneer of societal expectation.

romanticmelancholictensepassionateslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseatmosphericforbidden loveclassidentitygrief
scotlandloss of virginitykissingwoman directorgentile
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