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.
The Governess has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Governess was released in 1998 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 54 reviews, giving The Governess (1998) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 70% and users giving an average score of 71%.
With a score of 57%, The Governess is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Six Days Seven Nights and Babe: Pig in the City.
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