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Synopsis: When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Anatole Litvak
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.6
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Year:
1940
141 min
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of an age to love and suffer...

...and face difficult problems.

So it will not hurt you to learn...

...that life is not always the pretty picture

we might wish it to be.

If there are any of you

who do not wish to hear my story...

...you have my permission to leave now.

Very well, then.

All I ask is that you give me

your whole attention.

For most of our story we will be in Paris,

in a large and beautiful house...

...which is the residence

of the Duc and the Duchesse de Praslin.

It is of the governess in this household

which I will tell you.

On a February morning some years ago,

she had not yet arrived in Paris...

...whence she had been summoned

for an interview.

It was a passenger on a

steamer which was making its way...

... across the foggy English Channel

from Southampton toward Le Havre.

In the bag she carried was a letter

of recommendation from her last employer.

She could not know into what unexpected

adventure the letter would carry her.

And even more, how another letter would

one day bring her world down in ruins.

She only knew that one cycle of her

life was past and another beginning.

And she looked forward toward the distant,

invisible shores of her native country...

... with mingled feelings of hope

and apprehension.

She was traveling alone.

She had learned long since

to look after herself...

... and if she was lonely, she hoped

that nothing in her manner gave it away.

I beg your pardon.

Do you mind if I talk to you?

Since we seem to be the only ones

hardy enough to brave the deck.

Please, believe me, I've never gone up

to speak to a stranger before.

If I've offended you,

if you want me to go away, I will.

I saw you first on the dock

at Southampton.

How sad those people were

when they said goodbye to you.

After five years, it is difficult to part

from those you love.

I was sad for them, I don't know why.

That little girl, how bitterly she wept.

That was Nina. I was her governess.

And when the gentleman took your hand

and wished you happiness...

...the oddest feeling came over me.

You were a perfect stranger to me,

and yet l...

I found myself wishing with all my heart

that you would be happy.

I suppose you think that's ridiculous.

Naturally.

And yet it's true

that you're not happy now.

It's in your face and in your manner.

You're unhappy and resigned to it.

Well, a person in my position

must be content...

...with picking up a few crumbs

of happiness from others' tables.

- Now I'm sure you'll excuse me.

- Oh, please don't go.

I know I've been impertinent and rude...

...but I promise I won't probe

any further.

I will talk about

the most innocent generalities.

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Rachel Field

Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer. She is best known for the Newbery Award-winning Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Field also won a National Book Award, Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. more…

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