Firelight
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William Nicholson
Sophie Marceau
Stephen Dillane
Kevin Anderson
Lia Williams
Dominique Belcourt
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the winter of 1838, a romantic tale of a poor Swiss governess who meets secretly with an English landowner to conceive a child in exchange for money. Seven years later, the two are drawn together again when the governess is hired to care for the landowner's young daughter. Sworn to secrecy, the governess must now hide her passionate feelings for the man she loves and the child she brought into the world.
Director
William Nicholson
Cast
Sophie Marceau
Stephen Dillane
Kevin Anderson
Lia Williams
Dominique Belcourt
Joss Ackland
Sally Dexter
Emma Amos
Maggie Mccarthy
Wolf Kahler
Annabel Giles
John Flanagan
Harry Jones
Ian Crowe
Valerie Minifie
Diana Payan
John Hodgkinson
Anthony Dutton
Hugh Walters
Peter Needham
Melissa Knatchbull
Frank Rozelaar-green
Trevor St John Hacker
Katherine Levy
Valerie Sarruf
Crew
Geoffrey Alexander
Jean-philippe Blime
Connie Boylan
Edward Brett
Suzan Broad
Susan Cartsonis
Marilyn Clarke
Marcia Crayford
Francoise Cresson
Chris Dibble
Brian Eastman
Peter Elliott
Carmen Finestra
Ian Fuller
Andrea Galer
Sarah Garner
Jane Gibson
Adam Goodman
Nigel Gostelow
Christopher Gunning
Rob Harris
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Dean Humphreys
Nancy Klopper
Rick Leed
Don Lord
Nick Lowe
Sandy Macrae
David Mcfadzean
Ted Morley
Nic Morris
Di Murphy
William Nicholson
Roger Pearce
Grahame Peters
Lisa Pickering
Cyril Prentout
Kenneth Sillito
Tony Smart
Carol Ann Smith
Mike Valentine
Peter Wenham
Matt Williams
Chris Wimble
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Youth Jury Prize, Best Cinematography Prize, and the Special Jury Prize for debut feature at the 1997 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States September 4, 1998
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States on Video March 23, 1999
Released in United States September 1997
Released in United States Summer September 4, 1998
Shown at Deauville Film Festival (out of competition) September 5-14, 1997.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (in competition) in Spain September 18-27, 1997.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Opening Night) May 21 - June 14, 1998.
Feature directorial debut for screenwriter William Nicholson.
Began shooting November 27, 1995.
Completed shooting February 10, 1996.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Opening Night) May 21 - June 14, 1998.)
Released in United States on Video March 23, 1999
Released in United States September 1997 (Shown at Deauville Film Festival (out of competition) September 5-14, 1997.)
Released in United States September 1997 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (in competition) in Spain September 18-27, 1997.)
Limited Release in United States September 4, 1998
Released in United States Summer September 4, 1998
