Posts Tagged ‘governess’

Vanity Fair (2004)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Byrne, Gabriel | Mandy, Angelica | Lloyd-Pack, Roger | Sheen, Ruth | Fleetwood, Kate | Witherspoon, Reese | Dubey, Lillete | Garai, Romola | Maudsley, Tony | Findlay, Deborah | Franklyn-Robbins, John | Bazely, Paul | Ifans, Rhys | Rhys Meyers, Jonathan | Beall, Charlie
Directors: Nair, Mira
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The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father’s paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes. No aristocrat she, nor bourgeois, just spirited, intelligent, and irrepressible.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Adams, Amy | Alexander, David | Clifford, Clare | Cole, Christina | Cole, Stephanie | Edney, Beatie | Henderson, Shirley | Hinds, CiarĂ¡n | Kants, Sarah | Leonard, Sally | McDormand, Frances | Murphy, Katy | Pace, Lee | Payne, Tom | Potter, Tim
Directors: Nalluri, Bharat
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Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

In a Dark Place (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Luxembourg | UK
Actors: Sobieski, Leelee | Fitzgerald, Tara | Olson, Christian | Adam, Gabrielle | Pountney, Graham | Fox, Jonathan | Sanne, Thomas | Rotunno, Cleo | Schimdt, Jean | Ristic, Patrice | Schroeder, Paul | Bearne, Chris | Parulyte, Gintare
Directors: Rotunno, Donato
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She thought she was their Guardian Angel, but was she really their Nanny from Hell? A chilling modern ghost story, inspired by a classic of the genre, In A Dark Place is the suspenseful, erotic story of a young woman fighting to redeem the souls of two children seduced by dark influences beyond the grave. Anna Veigh, a recently qualified art therapist and teacher, is finding work at her inner city special school a tougher psychological challenge than she can cope with. The offer of a new post minding two wealthy young orphans whilst their wealthy uncle is away on business seems a perfect escape for her. It is a welcome escape. Her new workplace is Bly House, a remote country estate with beautiful grounds and a small resident staff. Miles and Flora, the children, seem sweet and charming, if a little strange, and Anna thinks that she has really “landed on her feet” after the rigors of her previous job. The only fly in the ointment is the frosty estate manager, Miss Grose, who seems remote and unfriendly to the new arrival. Very soon, moreover, Anna makes disquieting discoveries. Miles, the boy, has been expelled from his school, for a sin so dreadful the headmaster will not even discuss it. Anna then learns that her predecessor in the job, one Miss Jessel, died in suspicious circumstances. To add to her unease, she begins to catch glimpses of unknown sinister figures lurking in the grounds, but nobody else admits to seeing them. Anna confronts the Miss Grose with her suspicions about these intruders, but is surprised by the force of Miss Grose’s reaction. The figures Anna describes are unmistakably those of two ex-employees at the house. The only problem is that these employees are dead. Anna senses that the ghostly manifestations are malevolent in their intent. Not only is the psychological welfare of the children in very real jeopardy, but their lives and their souls are also at risk. But Anna is forced to confront dark secrets buried deep in her own psyche as she fights to cleanse the children’s souls of darkness, with terrifying consequences for all concerned.

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Thompson, Emma | Firth, Colin | Macdonald, Kelly | Imrie, Celia | Jacobi, Derek | Barlow, Patrick | Staunton, Imelda | Sangster, Thomas | Lansbury, Angela
Directors: Jones, Kirk
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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.