Firelight
1998 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,955 VOTES · DIR. William Nicholson
Overview
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
Dialogue Timeline — 965 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:44 Sit down, dear
00:02:50 Shall I look further?
00:12:20 Just sea and sky and...
00:18:56 Make a window with your legs
00:20:59 Don't ask me why
00:24:04 But she don't fool me
00:30:03 Have any experience of Southdowns
00:32:01 You were paid to forget
00:33:44 These huge rooms
00:38:13 I've breeding imperfections out for 15 years
00:40:32 What is this? Open the door
00:43:56 You mean to employ her?
00:45:46 ...grass
00:49:03 Some say the future is what you make it
00:52:27 Will you all right, darling?
00:55:07 Constance will be down shortly
01:00:17 She is
01:05:05 One can't have a dance without music, Connie
01:07:22 Why didn't you say?
01:12:54 ...and there's nothing in the world but you
01:18:59 There's a kind of closeness in that
01:25:33 It's been ten years
01:29:37 Oh, death, where is thy sting?
01:35:27 Mama
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed965
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:44
Final line01:35:27
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Nicholson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,955