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Lady Chatterley

  • 2006
  • R
  • 2h 48m
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6.7/10
4.9K
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
A French adaptation of the second version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.
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A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.

  • Director
    • Pascale Ferran
  • Writers
    • D.H. Lawrence
    • Roger Bohbot
    • Pascale Ferran
  • Stars
    • Marina Hands
    • Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
    • Hippolyte Girardot
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
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    • Director
      • Pascale Ferran
    • Writers
      • D.H. Lawrence
      • Roger Bohbot
      • Pascale Ferran
    • Stars
      • Marina Hands
      • Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
      • Hippolyte Girardot
    • 46User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 14 nominations total

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    Marina Hands
    Marina Hands
    • Constance
    Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
    Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
    • Parkin
    Hippolyte Girardot
    Hippolyte Girardot
    • Sir Clifford Chatterley
    Hélène Alexandridis
    • Mrs. Bolton
    Hélène Fillières
    Hélène Fillières
    • Hilda
    Bernard Verley
    Bernard Verley
    • Sir Malcolm
    Sava Lolov
    Sava Lolov
    • Tommy Dukes
    Jean-Baptiste Montagut
    • Harry Winterslow
    Fanny Deleuze
    • Tante Eva
    Michel Vincent
    • Marshall
    Colette Philippe
    • Mrs. Marshall
    Christelle Hes
    • Kate
    Jade Bouchard
    • La jeune bonne
    Joël Vandael
    • Field, le chauffeur
    Jacques De Bock
    • Le médecin
    • (as Jacques de Bock)
    Jean-Claude Leclère
    • Winter
    Ninon Brétécher
    • Emma Flint
    Léopold Canou
    • Bébé Flint
    • Director
      • Pascale Ferran
    • Writers
      • D.H. Lawrence
      • Roger Bohbot
      • Pascale Ferran
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    User reviews46

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    9christopher-underwood

    beautiful, believable and nothing short of a wonderful sexy surprise

    I didn't really expect too much from this movie and hearing the running time was just short of three hours, was fully prepared to leave after getting a flavour of it. How wrong I was, this is a very fine film and doesn't drag for a moment. It is beautiful, believable and nothing short of a wonderful sexy surprise. All the support acting is measured and helps provide a solid counterbalance for the central couple who gradually learn to let go their inhibitions and slide blissfully from lust to love. It is all very gradually done from Chatterley's first glimpse of the gamekeeper washing himself outside his hut and her consequent, and at the time seemingly over the top, need to sit to gather her senses, literally; to the powerful scene where she asks him to turn and display his erect penis and the wondrous scenes of the naked couple cavorting ecstatically in the pouring rain. All in all a fine mix of the wonders of nature, the manliness of the hand made, the power of sex and the need for love. The more overt political elements that Lawrence would probably have wanted put more to the fore are probably better dealt with here, kept more in the background. Brave film making, especially at a time when being so positive about 'sexual healing' seems so out of vogue.
    10vidopier

    A magnificent movie!

    I think DH Lawrence would be proud of this film...Pascale Ferran transformed this story we all imagine as an erotic cliché in a very sensible and sensitive movie. Because Lady Chatterley is not the story of a more or less sex-addict bourgeoise we have seen in so many rubbish erotic movies, inspired by the novel. It is much more about a woman who discovers the materiality of world threw a love story. She discovers also that "some people are not naturally made to command others" and in a way her love story with Parkin is a truly waking up to other people and life around her. She discovers her body and the world of the first industrial revolution has it used to be: unfair and unequal. Lady Chatterlay is not only an erotic story but also a very politic and subversive one. DH Lawrence is well known for being very critical about the British society of 1920's and the human side-effects of industrial development. Pascal Ferran perfectly understood the deep meaning of the novel. Moreover, she transmuted those ideas in a very french movie (but in fact the best french author cinema). The way she has filmed the two characters is very intimate but never silly, and that's a great achievement! In a way, her style is very closed to Piala's one. Harsh and poetic at the same time, precise and evocative, sensible and sensitive. This film is very precious!
    9jamesowen-2

    Without compare

    As you enter the cinema, I think there are several instructions certain viewers must first take heed of, as regards this film.

    Firstly, face facts, it's French, so don't be surprised if there are hardly four lines of dialogue in the first thirty minutes. This works marvellously as an introduction into the repressed yet sensual world of the characters, but if you know you're likely to get bored without having everything immediately explained, then please save yourself the bother.

    Secondly, it ain't all about the sex. If you're seeking XXXX thrills, again, don't bother.

    Finally, Lady Chatterley is based upon the second (earlier) version of the book, NOT the famously explicit and more widely published rewrite Lawrence ultimately settled on. Don't be expecting the clunky politics that isn't very relevant in the 2000's, instead enjoy a tale of love and freedom, of hope that two very different people can become a reason for one another's happiness within this overbearing world we're all inevitably a part of.

    As for the film itself, acting honours go to Marina Hands for an exquisite portrayal of Constance, truly from her performance every emotion can be felt without a hint of exaggeration. It's delightful stuff. Jean-Louis Coullo'ch's Parkin/gamekeeper is a good fit, for what really is the less starry role, and he handles everything, including a touching confessional scene, with an admirable strength and gentleness.

    Underpinning everything is the lavish production, sound and photography to make an audience feel as part of the forest setting, a tranquillity that intimates so much of what the story is trying to say.

    This is superb stuff.
    8marie-gentiane1

    A beautiful movie about the awakening of a woman's senses!

    I have seen the BBC adaptation of the DH Lawrence novel made by Ken Russell with Joely Richardson and Sean Bean and there is no comparison: I prefer the French adaptation even if the film is not always faithful to the book on some points (for example, in the book, Sir Clifford is having problems with his miners and his employees because he is very arrogant but in the film, Pascale Ferran does not mention these problems). The actors are maybe a little more good-looking in the BBC version but that's about it (sorry, Sean Bean). And if you want to see a film about a beautiful but bored, aristocratic woman whose sensuality is suddenly re-awakened by her meeting with the sullen, unsociable but virile Parkin/Mellors, then this film is for you. Pascale Ferran seemed to have focused her film on the love-story between Lady Constance/Connie and Parkin, the gamekeeper and the discovery or re-discovery of one's senses. That is why you have beautiful shots of nature, of magnificent trees in spring and why you have many scenes in which Constance is walking in the forest and just listening to the songs of birds. The forest is also the place where she discovers her own sensuality. The actors are brilliant, they magnificently show all sorts of emotions on their faces and the love-making scenes are all made with much reserve, with subtlety...It is all refined and very beautifully-done. I loved this Connie, I could relate to her and I loved the long pauses and the looks between the two leads, the big shots on the hands, on some legs or other parts of the body and some refined clothes. The costumes are also important. This movie reminds me a little of some scenes of The Piano by Jane Campion and if you enjoyed The Piano, I am sure you will like this French adaptation. Definitely a 'must-see'. It is a little long, more than 2 hours and a half, I think but if you are used to watching long BBC period dramas like me, you will have no fear in watching this!
    Blueghost

    Pure cinematic art.

    Wow. I really dislike slow moving romances, but the amount of artistry that was injected into this production, and the rendered result is just pure art in every sense of the word.

    Every shot is an oil painting. I don't know what it is about the French and their history with art that makes them such masters, but not a single strip of film was wasted here. The lighting, the costumes, the camera angles, and composition of the frame and music, really were just given such care that it's a wonder this film hasn't gained more notoriety among D.H. Lawrence enthusiasts.

    Then there are the sex scenes. Yes ladies and gentlemen, there is sex in this film, though it's rendered with a very gentle brush stroke by a master painter of film. There is nothing tawdry in the nature of the sex other than the fact that the couple is bucking societal convention. To find out what I mean, you have to watch the film.

    This is a story about a woman's wants and needs. Whom she married because modern convention pushed her in that direction, and what she really wanted because her innate nature and the man in question succumbed to proper instincts.

    One man has societal power and wealth, but cannot care for himself without the assistance that his wealth affords. Another can withstand adversity after adversity, and like so many men, prefers, prospers, and even thrives when he's alone. One is the master of men. Another is the master of himself, and cares for no other. Ladies, which do you prefer? Which do you say you want, and which one fires your heart, body and soul? That's what this movie is all about. On an even more intellectual level both males have a kind of female inner psyche working for them. One gains the world, the other gains something else.

    I have two regrets about this film. Firstly that there are a couple of pans (and one awful zoom) that come lose to derailing the flow of the movie. But as visually jarring as they are, they pass quickly. Like a B-movie producer/director once told me, America makes the best dollies and tripods for professional movie cameras, and that is an unchallenged truth. If you look at any foreign film, and compare the camera moves with American movies, you'll note that American films have very smooth dolly shots, Steadicam shots, and the now occasional rare pan. Foreign films are still playing catchup, even for this film which was shot only ten years ago! Secondly; I streamed this film off of Amazon, and it is not a high definition transfer with muted colors. The colors I'm thinking were a creative choice of the director and cinematographer, and they may have even used a soft lens or a soft filter in front of the lens to add that bit of visual texture to give this film an even softer touch and intimate feel. Even so, I wanted to see more information on the screen, but whether it was the creative team being artistic or the limitations of the technology, I'll never know until I see this thing on bluray.

    Here's the thing; I was forced to read D.H. Lawrence in high school, and hated his writing. It was slow, lethargic, seemed to cater to over emotionalism, and just downright boring as hell when compared to some of the sci-fi authors or military fiction authors I used to read (and get more out of), but this film (and the French really do love Lawrence) very much delivers a film maker's film. And, as usual from French cinema, gives us a character study of the gentler side of human nature. What is, what we'd like, and what ought to be.

    I don't recommend this film to anyone who is not a cinema aficionado. If you like heavy psychology and films about how a trist can be mistaken or evolve into love, then this film is for you.

    Otherwise, maybe give it a shot and see what you think.

    Enjoy.

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    • Trivia
      This movie is based on an alternate draft of D.H. Lawrence's novel unpublished until after his death. It's why the gamekeeper is called Parkin instead of Mellors.
    • Goofs
      When the chauffeur is bringing Lady Chatterley home at the end the car is being driven on the right. In England one drives on the left.
    • Alternate versions
      After the film had played in theaters, an "Extended European" version was released on home video and some streaming channels that was an hour longer.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Rembob'Ina: Les 30 ans d'Arte (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Valse triste, Op.44
      Composed by Jean Sibelius

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 2006 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Spain)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Леді Чаттерлей
    • Filming locations
      • Château de Montmery, Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, France(Wragby Hall, Lady Chatterley's home)
    • Production companies
      • Maïa Films
      • ARTE
      • Saga Film
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $687,414
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $32,814
      • Jun 24, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,200,383
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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