Sons & Lovers

Sons & Lovers

An adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence classic.

2003 · 192 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Romance

Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be struggling with nearly a century later. Human relationships remain as fragile as ever, and the only constant in life seems to be a humbling sense of uncertainty. Sarah Lancashire stars in a drama detailing the anguish of first love, and the awkward confusion of first sex.

Directed by Stephen Whittaker · Written by Simon Burke

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Sarah Lancashire Gertrude Morel
Hugo Speer Walter Morel
James Murray William Morel
Rupert Evans Paul Morel
Esther Hall Clara Dawes
Lyndsey Marshal Miriam Leivers
Matthew Beard Young Paul
Brittany Ashworth Young Miriam
Robert Angell Station Porter
Heather Bleasdale Mrs. Anthony
Stephen Boxer Specialist
Katherine Kelly Suffragette Speaker - Emily

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