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St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK[1]) 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.

St. Ives
International DVD cover
Genre	Costume drama
Based on	St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson
Screenplay by	Allan Cubitt
Directed by	Harry Hook
Starring	Jean-Marc Barr Miranda Richardson Anna Friel Richard E. Grant
Theme music composer	John E. Keane
Country of origin	France Germany Ireland United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Jonathan Cavendish James Mitchell
Cinematography	Robert Alazraki
Editor	John MacDonnell
Running time	83 minutes
Production companies	Compagnie des Phares et Balises Icon Productions Little Bird Tatfilm
Distributor	BBC Films
Release
Original release	22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) (France) 6 June 1999 (1999-06-06) (UK)

Plot

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

Production

The film was shot in Northern Ireland.[2]

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."[3] The Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5.[4] The Guardian 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."[5]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative.[6]

References

External links

• St. Ives at IMDb
• St. Ives at Rotten Tomatoes

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