The Governess (1998)

Synopsis: In 19th century England, a Jewish young woman has to work to support herself and her family after her father dies. She finds employment as a governess at a big mansion where a scientist and his family live. The scientist does research in photography, an area by then in its toddling days.
Appraisal: Made with some competence, it drags considerably at its second half, what with all the languid love scenes and the married man's endless inner conflicts; the story borders on the "soapy", the old tale of a minority member that conquers the enemies of her class/race/religion by sheer stint of her intelligence, is then betrayed, and finally learns that it was all a positive experience from which she has profitted both emotionally and materially, though from then on she decides she should stick to her kind.
Rating: 46