Chatterley 2006

Sir Clifford has returned from the Great War to his estate near Sheffield, paralyzed from the waist down. Lady Constance, his young wife, cares for him, but she's lifeless, enervated. Her physician prescribes the open air, and she finds a quiet retreat at the hut - the workplace - of Parkin, the estate's gamekeeper. The rhythms of nature awaken Connie - daffodils, pheasant chicks - and soon she and Parkin become lovers. She's now radiant. Parkin, too, opens up. Class distinctions and gender roles may be barriers to the affair becoming more. Connie's trip to France, with her father and sister, bring the lovers to a nuanced resolution.

Dans le château des Chatterley, Constance coule des jours monotones, enfermée dans son mariage et son sens du devoir. Au printemps, au coeur de la forêt de Wragby, elle fait la connaissance de Parkin, le garde-chasse du domaine. Le film est leur histoire. Le récit d'une rencontre, d'un difficile apprivoisement, d'un lent éveil à la sensualité pour elle, d'un long retour à la vie pour lui. Ou comment l'amour ne fait qu'un avec l'expérience de la transformation…

A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.