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Release Date:
4 September 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Passion has no limitsPlot:
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
'Gladiator' screenwriter heads to '1066'(From screeninglog. 28 January 2009, 1:09 PM, PST)
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The power of desire presented by oustanding acting more (56 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sophie Marceau | ... | Elisabeth Laurier |
 | Stephen Dillane | ... | Charles Godwin |
| Dominique Belcourt | ... | Louisa Godwin |
| Kevin Anderson | ... | John Taylor |
| Lia Williams | ... | Constance |
 | Joss Ackland | ... | Lord Clare |
 | Sally Dexter | ... | Molly Holland |
| Emma Amos | ... | Ellen |
| Maggie McCarthy | ... | Mrs. Jago |
 | Wolf Kahler | ... | Sussman |
| Annabel Giles | ... | Amy Godwin |
| John Flanagan | ... | Robert Ames |
| Valerie Minifie | ... | Hannah |
| Diana Payan | ... | Mrs. Maidment |
| John Hodgkinson | ... | Carlo |
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Rated R for sexuality and brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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103 minColour:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Belgium:KT | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) (uncut) | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:RFun Stuff
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Elisabeth: Do you know about Firelight?Louisa: What about it?
Elisabeth: It's a kind of magic. Firelight makes time stand still. When you put out the lamps and sit in the firelight's glow there aren't any rules any more.
[blows out lamp]
Elisabeth: You can do what you want, say what you want, be what you want, and when the lamps are lit again, time starts again, and everything you said or did is forgotten. More than forgotten it never happened.
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I have to admit that I watched this the first time because of my admiration for the performances of Sophie Marceau. I watched it several times more because of the interesting portrayal of the power of desire presented by oustanding acting and a rich "period piece" production. Should your friends belittle the story as formulaic and the ending as too easy, ignore them. They have missed the richness of the flow of events in this movie that portrays a more repressed world where women (and, to a lesser degree, men) had different and more limited options and necessarily pursued their opportunities differently. This movie was so well done, it leaves you wishing it were an hour longer.