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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 16, 1999
- Originally Released: 1998
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Minnie Driver | |
Performer: | Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Harriet Walter & Arlene Cockburn | |
Directed by | Sandra Goldbacher | |
Edited by | Isabelle Lorente | |
Screenwriting by | Sandra Goldbacher | |
Composition by | Edward Shearmur | |
Produced by | Sarah Curtis | |
Director of Photography: | Ashley Rowe |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B --
A heavy going but at times embroiling drama.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
If Jane Austen or a Brontë sister were inclined to revolve their tale of forbidden love and parlor room intrigue around a Jewish heroine, The Governess would undoubtedly resemble the result.
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Bangitout.com
Goldbacher, in her first feature, has tied together many ideas about photography, dreams and love, and presented them both fairly and exquisitely.
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Film Journal International
for sheer visual elegance, 'The Governess' has few equals, and the magnificence of its imagery more than compensates for its somewhat overheated story.
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Kalamazoo Gazette
Rating: 3/4 --
The Governess could be an illustration of the ideas in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, in which she marvels at how necessary it is for men to have women to feel superior to.
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Chicago Sun-Times
...[A] ravishingly handsome film....THE GOVERNESS is a wonderful showcase for Ms. Driver....[The film] leaves a lasting after-image...
New York Times
...Ashley Rowe's photography is exquisite and Driver has never been better...
USA Today
Product Description:
In 1840s London, Rosina's beloved father is killed, so she must take a job in order to keep her deeply religious Jewish family afloat. Choosing the new name of Mary Blackchurch, she accepts a job as a governess to a wealthy gentile family in Scotland. Her responsibility is to be the friend and teacher of the Cavendishes' young daughter, Clementina, a mean-spirited, spoiled child. Mary is much more interested in the work being done by Mr. Cavendish as he attempts to perfect an early form of photography. But working closely in the laboratory soon releases feelings that change their very different worlds.
Sandra Goldbacher's debut feature film is steeped in religious overtones as Mary-Rosina struggles to maintain--and hide--her Jewish identity. Minnie Driver is excellent as Rosina, her round face almost glowing amid the deep, muted tones of Sarah Greenwood's sets. Tom Wilkinson is superb as Charles Cavendish, trying desperately to hold back his feelings, unable to break free of the repressed society that dominates him. As Charles becomes obsessed with the technical aspects of his work, Mary tries to show him the beauty that his work can create, ultimately leading to an emotional confrontation for which neither is prepared.
Sandra Goldbacher's debut feature film is steeped in religious overtones as Mary-Rosina struggles to maintain--and hide--her Jewish identity. Minnie Driver is excellent as Rosina, her round face almost glowing amid the deep, muted tones of Sarah Greenwood's sets. Tom Wilkinson is superb as Charles Cavendish, trying desperately to hold back his feelings, unable to break free of the repressed society that dominates him. As Charles becomes obsessed with the technical aspects of his work, Mary tries to show him the beauty that his work can create, ultimately leading to an emotional confrontation for which neither is prepared.