Governess (1998)
Release Year: 1998
Nation: Italy
Alternative Title: The Governess, La institutriz amante, A Governanta, La institutriu, La institutriz, Kotiopettajatar, A nevelőnő, La governante, Guwernantka, Retrato de Uma Preceptora, Гувернантка, Özgür ruh
Director: Sandra Goldbacher
Writer: Sandra Goldbacher
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Sarah Curtis
Executive Producer: Sally Hibbin
Companies: British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England, BBC
Genre: Drama, Romance, Romance Film
Budget: N/A
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: scotland, loss of virginity, kissing, woman director, gentile
Story
Governess Rosina da Silva, after her father's violent death, decides to leave Brazil and assume a gentile identity to secure employment in Scotland. She finds work with the upper-class McGregor family. Despite their social differences, Rosina and Charles, the family patriarch, begin a passionate secret affair.
Summary
Governess is a 1998 drama-romance film directed by Sandra Goldbacher. The movie tells the story of Rosina da Silva, who assumes a gentile identity after her father's death to find employment as a governess in Scotland. The film explores themes of class disparity and forbidden love as Rosina becomes involved in a secret affair with Charles McGregor, the head of the family she works for.
