A sensual romance, THE GOVERNESS stars Minnie Driver as Rosina Da Silva, a high-spirited young woman forced to forsake her heritage after her father's murder. Tom Wilkinson (The Full Monty) co-stars as Driver's employer Cavendish, an isolated gentleman whose only passion is for his work. But as Cavendish begins to teach Rosina the pioneering art of photography, she teaches him the outermost limits of passion.