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Sandra Goldbacher (written by)
Release Date:
31 July 1998 (USA)
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When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile...
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Scotland
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Synagogue
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Period Piece
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Cholera
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Photography
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3 wins
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3 nominations
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A beautiful, haunting period piece
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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115 min
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Anachronisms: This film is set around 1840. In the first scene in which the two main characters become intimate, you hear a zipper as Mr. Cavendish begins to undress. The zipper was not invented until 1891.
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Charles Cavendish:
I do not feel myself.
Mary Blackchurch: Nor do I. But we can be any self we want, can't we?
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Mary Blackchurch: Nor do I. But we can be any self we want, can't we?
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I found this movie to be quite beautiful, and it opened a period of history seldom explored in films. It tells the tale of a Jewess in 19th Century London who must disguise herself as a gentile to obtain employment as a governess. Her joy for life and her searching mind attract her to her employer, who is trying to discover a way to "freeze" the photographic image. It is very much of its time. Minnie Driver is excellent, very sensual and convincing. Tom Wilkinson is incredibly strong and attractive. The dark colors and the general sense of gloom are very well depicted. I thought it was a marvelous film.