Firelight (1997) is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
In 1838, Swiss governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child for an anonymous Englishman. In return, the Englishman will pay all of her father's debts. They meet over three nights at a lonely island hotel. Despite their wish for detachment they develop a deeply passionate connection during t...
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Firelight (1997) is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
In 1838, Swiss governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child for an anonymous Englishman. In return, the Englishman will pay all of her father's debts. They meet over three nights at a lonely island hotel. Despite their wish for detachment they develop a deeply passionate connection during their lovemaking. Their feelings grow after they converse on the beach and at the hotel.
Elisabeth gives birth to a girl, Louisa, nine months later. As agreed she gives the child away. At first she makes no attempt to connect with her daughter, but keeps a journal of watercolor flowers and plants, adding a page for each holiday and birthday they are apart.
The anonymous Englishman is Charles Godwin, a landowner and struggling sheep farmer. He can barely keep the debtors of his philandering father, Lord Clare, at bay. Charles's wife, Amy Godwin,...
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