The Governess (1998)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

Sandra Goldbacher

Guionista:

Sandra Goldbacher (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

31 julio 1998 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile...

Plot Keywords:

Scotland | Synagogue | Period Piece | Cholera | Photography

Premios:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sultry and Seductive

Reparto

Minnie Driver	...	Rosina da Silva
Tom Wilkinson	...	Mr. Charles Cavendish
Harriet Walter	...	Mrs. Cavendish
Florence Hoath	...	Clementina Cavendish
Bruce Myers	...	Rosina's Father
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Henry Cavendish
Arlene Cockburn	...	Lily Milk, the Maid
Emma Bird	...	Rebecca
Adam Levy	...	Benjamin
Countess Koulinskyi	...	Aunt Sofka (as The Countess Koulinskyi)
Diana Brooks	...	Rosina's Mother
Raymond Brody	...	Litnoff
Cyril Shaps	...	Doctor
Kendal Cramer	...	Young Rosina
Ralph Riach	...	Mr. Hewlett

También conocida como:

La institutriz (Spain) [es]
La institutriz amante (Argentina) (video title) [es]

Duración:

115 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Spain:13 | USA:R | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Brodick Castle, Brodick, Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Compañía:

Arts Council of England

Errores:

Continuidad: When Mr. Cavendish takes the first photo of Miss Blackchurch, the camera is pointing toward the floor and not where Mr. Cavendish is looking.

Citas:

Mary Blackchurch: You ask a lot of questions.
Henry Cavendish: Then you ask me one. Anything you like.
Mary Blackchurch: Why are you really back from Oxford?
Henry Cavendish: I was found in an opium den in Spitsfeild with a whore.
[both laugh]
Henry Cavendish: You don't belive me and your not suprised.
Mary Blackchurch: no.

Sultry and Seductive

I thought this movie was beautiful. It was somewhat overlooked in America when it was released in 1998, partly because it had to compete against some higher profile British films and partly because it is not commercial. It could not be sold to the general public for a very sad reason - most movie goers have absolutely no sense or knowledge of history. So, the story of being a Jewess in mid-19th Century England and Scotland would seem too odd to them. In addition, the average person might have difficulty in grasping how amazing photography was to people in those days.

For those who do have knowledge of history, I highly recommend this film. Some might say that Rosina [Minnie Driver] is too much of a modern character, but intelligent women, rebellious women and highly sensual women have ALWAYS existed, regardless of the morals and hypocrisies of the times they lived in.