spoilersthis movie be truly awful . this woman deceive her employer right from the start and then selfishly proceeds to tear them apart . at the end you see her make a profession out of the trade she would learn from the father of her pupil . i put pupil in quote because the governess never really seem to teach the child anything . she seem to hate her and can not stand be near her . i felt sorry for the little girl who simply want to be love and absent that and it be understandable that she would say and do outrage thing just to get attention but the viewer wasn not suppose to sympathize with the little girl and the viewer be suppose to sympathize with the governess who hat her pupil and manipulate and deceive her employer . i just couldn not do it . this be not the story of a self make woman and rather and it be a window into the mind of one who use others at every opportunity with no other thought for anyone outside of her own family . i couldn not stand the governess . this be a really horrible movie . i only pay one dollar to rent it but even that be too much .