When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.... (Full plot summary below)
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When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
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| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinThe real wonder becomes how British filmmaker Sandra Goldbacher was able to write and direct such an accomplished, touching and original movie her first time out. |
| Film Journal InternationalPeter HenneGoldbacher, in her first feature, has tied together many ideas about photography, dreams and love, and presented them both fairly and exquisitely. |
| Bangitout.comJordan HillerIf 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. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe Governess, a surprisingly luminous film that deftly stands somewhere between a Harlequin paperback and Jane Campion's "The Piano." |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenBecause the cinematography of The Governess is so richly panoramic, the movie forces you to contemplate the emotional power exerted by film. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe claustrophobic, isolated Victorian household is a stage on which every nuance, however small, is noticed. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxGoldbacher's film is lovely to look at, but the blurry heart of the film only suffers by the comparison. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDriver gives a winning performance in a human-scaled story that avoids romantic clichs and gender stereotypes, although a few of both creep in from time to time. |
| Portland OregonianBob HicksThe Governess is solidly entertaining material with enough substance to lift it above the traditional period drama. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe film is an atmospheric work, a period piece set in the 1840s during the dawn of the Age of Photography with a dense and moody visual style that befits its Brönte-esque subject matter. |
