In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.

• DirectorWilliam Nicholson
• Release27 May 1998
• Genre
  Romance / Drama
• Duration1h 43m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.6
  71 reviews
• Productions

  Wind Dancer Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Carnival Films, Miramax