Lady Chatterley's Lover is a period drama movie based on the D.H. Lawrence novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, about a woman who breaks with the forms and traditions of her time when she falls out of love with her husband and begins a torrid affair with a man who works on their English estate.
Summary[]
- "Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair — and falls deeply in love — with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate."
- —Official Netflix synopsis
- "Marrying Sir Clifford Chatterley, Connie's life of wealth and privilege seems set as she takes the title of Lady Chatterley. Yet this idealistic union gradually becomes an incarceration when Clifford returns from the First World War with injuries that have left him unable to walk. When she meets and falls for Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on the Chatterley family estate, their secret trysts lead her to a sensual, sexual awakening. But as their affair becomes the subject of local gossip, Connie faces a life-altering decision: follow her heart or return to her husband and endure what Edwardian society expects of her."
- —Official Netflix logline
Plot[]
After a courtship, a young Constance "Connie" Reid marries Clifford Chatterley. Shortly after, he returns to fighting in World War I. Clifford returns home paralyzed below the waist, and needs full-time care. He and Connie move from London to Wragby Hall, the Chatterley estate in the country.
Connie is initially optimistic, but later becomes depressed, as caring for Clifford daily and lacking the physical intimacy wears on her. Her loneliness is exacerbated by Clifford's complaints about his inability to have children and his suggestion that she secretly become pregnant by another man in order to leave him an heir.
Connie contacts her sister, Hilda, who hires Mrs. Bolton, Clifford's childhood nursemaid, to be his caretaker.
When Clifford sends Connie to check on some pheasant chicks, she meets the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. Over time, she finds herself drawn to him. Connie asks her neighbour and local school teacher about him and learns that his wife left him while he was fighting in the war. However, he is still married because his wife refuses to give him a divorce.
Oliver remains humble to Connie as she is the lady of the manor, but Connie eventually acts on her desires, and they begin an affair. Oliver is aware that Connie is above his station, and worries about the consequences of upsetting his boss. As their passion intensifies, they must confront their situation and determine whether they are willing to risk it all for love.
Cast and Characters[]
- Emma Corrin as Lady Constance "Connie" Chatterley (née Reid)
- Jack O'Connell as Oliver Mellors
- Matthew Duckett as Sir Clifford Chatterley
- Faye Marsay as Hilda Reid
- Ella Hunt as Mrs. Flint
- Joely Richardson as Mrs. Bolton
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Watch Lady Chatterley's Lover on Netflix
References[]
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| Characters |
| Constance "Connie" Chatterley • Oliver Mellors • Clifford Chatterley • Hilda Reid • Mrs. Flint • Mrs. Bolton |
| Cast |
| Emma Corrin • Jack O'Connell • Matthew Duckett • Faye Marsay • Ella Hunt • Joely Richardson |