Marceau's expressive visage is the real star in this mournful tale of a 19th-century surrogate mother who returns to her daughter as a governess and tries to win her trust. Despite some occasionally stilted dialogue, writer-director William Nicholson (author of Shadowlands) gets beneath Victorian high-mindedness, focusing on intimate moments and finding suspense even in the wintry English landscape. B+
EW's GRADE
B+Details Movie Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: Stephen Dillane, Sophie Marceau and Carol Stromme; Distributor: Miramax
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