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Jul 31, 1998 · A governess poses as a gentile and falls in love with a Scottish lord in this sensuous drama. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, awards, trivia, and more for this film.
- (3.2K)
- Drama, Romance
- Sandra Goldbacher
- 1998-07-31
The Governess is a 1998 British period drama film written and directed by Sandra Goldbacher. The screenplay focuses on a young Jewish woman of Sephardic background, who reinvents herself as a gentile governess when she is forced to find work to support her family.
Aug 21, 1998 · The film tells the story of an educated, spirited Jewish girl from London who, in the 1840s, finds work as a governess on a remote Scottish island to support her family. She enters a household where she is clearly the intellectual equal of the father, and that is more than he can take--although he gives it a good try.
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Following her father's murder, a London Jew, Rosina da Silva (Minnie Driver), reinvents herself as a Protestant governess on a remote Scottish island.
- (34)
- Sandra Goldbacher
- R
- Minnie Driver
Set in England between the Georgian and Victorian eras, THE GOVERNESS takes its title from a young Jewish woman who, after the death of her father, is offered the job of nanny for the gentile ...
Jul 31, 1998 · Set in early 1840's London, Rosina (Driver), the eldest daughter, rejects an arranged marriage and sets out to support her family after they fall into debt when her father is murdered. She finds it hard to locate a job because she is Jewish and invents a new identity to work as a governess.
