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.
Sophie Marceau
as Elisabeth Laurier
Stephen Dillane
as Charles Godwin
Dominique Belcourt
as Louisa Godwin
Kevin Anderson
as John Taylor
Joss Ackland
as Lord Clare
Lia Williams
as Constance
Sally Dexter
as Molly Holland
Emma Amos
as Ellen
Maggie McCarthy
as Mrs. Jago
Wolf Kahler
as Sussman
Annabel Giles
as Amy Godwin
John Flanagan
as Robert Ames
