Lady Chatterley

R

Released Jun 22, 2007

3h 40m

Romance

Drama

List

77%

Tomatometer

86 Reviews

59%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

Young and beautiful Lady Constance Chatterley (Marina Hands) lives a life of comfort on the lavish estate owned by her much older husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley (Hippolyte Girardot), who has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he was gravely injured in World War I. Increasingly bored with her comfortable but unromantic marriage, she falls into a passionate, emotional but scandalizing love affair with the rugged estate gardener, Parkin (Jean-Louis Coullo'ch).

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Critics Consensus

Tasteful, poetic, yet sexually forthright, Lady Chatterley skillfully translates its source novel's high-art erotica onto the big screen.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Although the film is capable of sustaining our interest throughout, the viewer may find it lacking in some of the transcendence Lady Chatterley's lust is supposed to inspire.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2007

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

Excellent performances by everyone involved help you overlook the incongruity of French-speaking actors in traditional English settings.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 14, 2007

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Director Pascale Ferran is true to the spirit of the book and gives us an eyeful, of both the glorious countryside and the lovers' physiques.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 31, 2007

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Felicia Feaster

Creative Loafing

Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley is as exquisite and memorable for the way it burrows beneath its characters' skin, into the discrete and lonely worlds they occupy.

Feb 4, 2020

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Ferran's softly contemplative tone is both unassuming and enthralling, making it an unexpectedly fascinating and breathtaking film.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 6, 2019

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Jon Frosch

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

I was lulled by the gentleness of the film, and struck by how closely Ferran observes her characters, as well as how modern and subtle her insights are.

Sep 12, 2010

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Audience Member

That movie has scared my mind

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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dave j

Co-written and directed by Pierre Trividic adapting DH Lawrence's novel the setting appears to be after WWI with husband Sir Clifford Chatterley (Hippolyte Girardot) who has no use of his legs still on a wheelchair who may be impotent, his wife Constance (Marina Hands) makes every attempt to aid him while they are sleeping in separate bedrooms. It was not until she becomes fatigued and is recommended by a family physician that she should do some walking around the countryside she would eventually meet the headsmen's gamekeeper, Parkin (Jean-Louis Coulloc'h) and it was during at this point this point she becomes infatuated.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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andrey k

An archetypical French story of passion and love nicely realized and beautiful to the eye. I liked how the film was constructed with those brief intertitles; it's an aesthetical movie, even the raw sexual scenes were not offensive and harmonized quite well with the feelings of the main characters.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This is a superb move and beautifully filmed. It is worth your time and takes its place among the best expressions of this ground-breaking story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/23

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Audience Member

A solid drama film with some good acting. Some of the more intimate scenes feel a bit uncomfortable to watch at first, with the more realistic touch, lack of background music etc. Almost feels like peeping into other people personal lives, but in the end it serves the film as a whole.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

Intelligent adaptation of the once-notorious story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Pascale Ferran

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Marina Hands

Lady Chatterley

Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

Parkin

Hippolyte Girardot

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Synopsis

Young and beautiful Lady Constance Chatterley (Marina Hands) lives a life of comfort on the lavish estate owned by her much older husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley (Hippolyte Girardot), who has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he was gravely injured in World War I. Increasingly bored with her comfortable but unromantic marriage, she falls into a passionate, emotional but scandalizing love affair with the rugged estate gardener, Parkin (Jean-Louis Coullo'ch).

Director: Pascale Ferran
Screenwriter: Pascale Ferran, Roger Bohbot, Pierre Trividic, Pierre Trividic
Production Co: Arte, Saga Film, Maïa Films
Rating: R (Sexuality|Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $687.4K
Runtime: 3h 40m