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.
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.
Cast
- Jean-Marc Barr as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Miranda Richardson as Susan Gilchrist
- Richard E. Grant as Major Farquhar Chevening
- Anna Friel as Flora Gilchrist
- Michael Gough as Comte de Saint-Yves
- Cécile Pallas as Mathilde
- Jason Isaacs 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. 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."
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative.