There's an adult life force in every frame of this luxuriously paced work, even in the sight of rain and a lady's stocking.
It's a movie as timely as it is thrilling to watch.
Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley is sensual in escalating degrees of heat, but the film's eroticism, which is substantial, is laid on with a caress. The movie's a slow-motion swoon back into Eden -- a nature documentary about humans -- and it's hypnotic.
The result is not a movie of peekaboo titillation, but a studied, original portrait of sexuality and its role in human relationships.
Intelligent and tasteful, even while being sexually frank.
TV Series and Serials: Music
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (2007)
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)
César Awards, France (2007)
Best Foreign Film
Independent Spirit Awards (2008)
Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne)
Lumiere Awards, France (2007)
Pascale Ferran
Prix Louis Delluc (2006)
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