Firelight

This article is about the 1997 film. For other uses, see Firelight (disambiguation).

Firelight
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Nicholson
Written byWilliam Nicholson
Produced byBrian Eastman
Starring
CinematographyNic Morris
Edited byChris Wimble
Music byChristopher Gunning
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 September 1997 (1997-09-14) (Deauville)
  • 4 September 1998 (1998-09-04) (USA)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
United States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Box office$785,482 (worldwide $3,136,765[1])

Firelight is a 1997 period romance film written and directed by William Nicholson and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. The film is about a woman who agrees to bear the child of an anonymous English landowner in return for payment to resolve her father's debts. When the child is born, the woman gives up the child as agreed. Seven years later, the woman is hired as a governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The girl's father is the anonymous landowner. Filmed on location in Firle, England and Calvados, France,[2] the film premiered at the Deauville American Film Festival on 14 September 1997. Firelight was Nicholson's first film as a director.[3]

  1. ^ JB's Box-Office
  2. ^ "Locations for Firelight". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Firelight". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 January 2012.