''St. Ives'' (released under the name ''All for Love'' in the UK) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

novel of the same name. The film stars Miranda Richardson,

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, Richard E. Grant and

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Plot

A dashing French Army officer, capitaine Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves, is captured by the British during the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

and sent to a Scottish prison camp. There he falls for a local girl, befriends the commanding officer, and discovers a surprising secret about his long-lost grandfather.

Cast

as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves * Miranda Richardson as Susan Gilchrist * Richard E. Grant as Major Farquhar Chevening *

as Flora Gilchrist *

Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthu ...

as Comte de Saint-Yves * Cécile Pallas as Mathilde *

Jason Isaacs Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. Isaac's film roles include Col. Tavington in '' The Patriot'' (2000), Michael D. Steele in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2002–2011), Ca ...

as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland.

Reception

DVDTalk gave it a rating of 1 out of 5, and said it "feels like a made-for-television special" and "I'm normally enthusiastic about historically-based movies, even flawed ones. St. Ives is more than flawed; it's dull and insipid." The Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5.

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said it was no classic, but asked does it matter "because costume drama is already the ultimate TV genre ..it has always been able to demonstrate a reassuringly pantomime take on all other forms of television entertainment." On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative.

References

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* * * * 1998 television films 1998 films Films based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson Films based on British novels Films set in England Napoleonic Wars films 1998 drama films English-language French films English-language German films Films directed by Harry Hook {{tv-drama-film-stub