Summary In 1913 Connie Reid marries wealthy Nottingham colliery owner Sir Clifford Chatterley but he returns from the Great War disabled and in a wheelchair. Connie is loyal but begins to feel alienated as he engages a nurse, Mrs Bolton, and excludes her from pit business. Despite his desire for an heir his impotency results in a lack of sexual activity and Connie is drawn to handsome Oliver Mellors, the plain-spoken former miner her husband has engaged as his game-keeper and who represents the passion she craves. They embark upon a physical affair in Oliver's cottage but are discovered and betrayed by Mrs Bolton. Connie, now carrying Oliver's child, must choose between a pampered but joyless existence with her husband or an uncertain future with the man she has come to love. View more details
Directed : Jed Mercurio
Written : D.H. Lawrence Jed Mercurio
Stars : James Norton Jodie Comer Richard Madden Holliday Grainger
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Sep 5, 2015
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Rhondda Heritage Park, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, UK
Production companies : Hartswood Films Serena Cullen Productions
Summary In 1913 Connie Reid marries wealthy Nottingham colliery owner Sir Clifford Chatterley but he returns from the Great War disabled and in a wheelchair. Connie is loyal but begins to feel alienated as he engages a nurse, Mrs Bolton, and excludes her from pit business. Despite his desire for an heir his impotency results in a lack of sexual activity and Connie is drawn to handsome Oliver Mellors, the plain-spoken former miner her husband has engaged as his game-keeper and who represents the passion she craves. They embark upon a physical affair in Oliver's cottage but are discovered and betrayed by Mrs Bolton. Connie, now carrying Oliver's child, must choose between a pampered but joyless existence with her husband or an uncertain future with the man she has come to love. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Sep 5, 2015
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Rhondda Heritage Park, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, UK
Production companies : Hartswood Films Serena Cullen Productions
