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GOVERNESS

Director:

  Sandra Goldbacher
  

Year Released:

  1998

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Minnie Driver
  Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
  Harriet Walter
  Tom Wilkinson
  Camera Obscura
Movie Haiku:Driver’s luminous as a 19th Century Jewish woman who refuses the security of a conventional marriage after the sudden death of her father. Disguising her true identity, she becomes Governess to the family of an inventor (Wilkinson) &, through him, falls under the sway of the infant art of photography.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2002