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St. Ives (1998)

St. Ives poster
Directed by
Harry Hook
Genre
drama fiction
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, France, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French soldier captured during the Napoleonic Wars escapes and falls in love with a woman in the Scottish countryside. He must navigate his past allegiances and new loyalties to find a path forward.

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What happens

St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name. The film stars Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant and Jean-Marc Barr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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