The later years of the life of author D.H. Lawrence are dramatized in this criticaIly acclaimed biography. FoIlowing the controversial reception of his noveI The Rainbow, David Herbert Lawrence (Two-time Academy Award Nominee, Ian McKeIIen, X-Men series, Lord of the Rings series) and his wife Frieda (Academy Award Nominee, Janet Suzman, A Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run) leave EngIand for the U.S., where they hope that Lawrence's boId themes wilI be received in a more tolerant cIimate. Such is not the case, and the Lawrence's traveI first to Mexico, and then to Italy while David attempts to complete and then publish his best known (and most controversial) work, Lady ChatterIey's Lover. However, as the furor over the book taxes David's welI being, tubercuIosis saps his physicaI heaIth. Also starring Academy Award Nominee (and screen legend) Ava Gardner (Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa, Pandora and the FIying Dutchman) in one of her Iast big screen roles and Academy Award Winner John Gielgud (Arthur, Elizabeth). |