After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a wet painting you want to live inside.
Acting
Corrin's face does three wars' worth of emotional labor.
Direction
De Clermont-Tonnerre makes the forest feel like a third lover.
Director
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Emma Corrin
Connie Reid
Jack O'Connell
Oliver Mellors
Matthew Duckett
Clifford Chatterley
Joely Richardson
Mrs. Bolton
Faye Marsay
Hilda
Ella Hunt
Mrs. Flint
Anthony Brophy
Sir Malcolm Reid
Rachel Andrews
Lily
Eugene O'Hare
Michaelis
Jonah Russell
Mr. Linley
Nicholas Bishop
Ned
Alistair Findlay
Sir Geoffrey Chatterley
Sandra Huggett
Mrs. Betts
Ellie Piercy
Mrs. Wheedon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel was banned for obscenity until 1960; this adaptation leans into the class politics Lawrence actually cared about more than the sex.
Joely Richardson, who plays Mrs. Bolton, portrayed Lady Chatterley herself in the 1993 BBC version—full circle moment that the film never acknowledges but absolutely knows.
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I’m intrigued so far. I’m somehow glad that we’re not just getting Jane Austen adaptations on Netflix. Emma Corrin and Jack O’Donnell’s chemistry is off the charts. No matter how controversial this is, it’s still a memorable classic.
@sophiaisabelleeeee 1682
Gotta love all the people describing this story as cheating when Connie taking a lover is Clifford's idea. He can't father children because of his injuries and urges her to have a sexual relationship so she can get pregnant and they can raise the child as an heir. Also, if you are unaware of the number of people historically in arranged marriages who had relationships on the side, you're in for a surprise. Cheating is not the same as an open marriage.
@amandafrazier9724 2440
love seeing romance movies actually directed by women
@Grimeszs 1444
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