The Governess
1998 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 3,272 VOTES · DIR. Sandra Goldbacher
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 836 lines
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00:02:14 I should think so.
00:06:41 but not to drink it.
00:09:46 The girl will just have to take Litnoff and not be so fussy.
00:12:36 Now all I need are a pair of white gloves...
00:17:06 I must try and improve my mathematics...
00:21:41 Miss Blackchurch.
00:25:35 Thank you.
00:28:18 I must apologise for my husband's lateness.
00:31:04 That's 'terebra maculata'.
00:38:22 I call it a 'box camera'.
00:41:11 Is Henry going to live here now, and not at Oxford?
00:45:31 Ah, let me. Let me help.
00:48:52 You're not that ugly!
00:55:38 Do you...
01:01:43 Shall you be going to London again before Christmas?
01:09:51 No one else sings in this house.
01:16:31 Doesn't this house oppress you to death?
01:18:51 - We'll be the toast of Europe. - That's nice.
01:21:33 The chemicals are making me dizzy.
01:26:59 like squirrels and cellos.
01:33:18 I will not...
01:37:37 You see, she tells me everything.
01:42:42 You do not know me. How can you love me?
01:51:36 No, I hardly ever think of them at all.
Cast & Characters
Minnie Driver
Rosina da Silva
Tom Wilkinson
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Florence Hoath
Clementina Cavendish
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Henry Cavendish
Harriet Walter
Mrs. Cavendish
Arlene Cockburn
Lily Milk, the Maid
Emma Bird
Rebecca
Adam Levy
Benjamin
Countess Koulinskyi
Aunt Sofka
Bruce Myers
Rosina's Father
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed836
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:02:14
Final line01:51:36
Production Record
DirectorSandra Goldbacher
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,272