The Iater years of the Iife of author D.H. Lawrence are dramatized in this criticaIIy accIaimed biography. FoIIowing the controversial reception of his noveI The Rainbow, David Herbert Lawrence (Two-time Academy Award Nominee, lan McKellen, 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 weIl being, tubercuIosis saps his physical heaIth. AIso starring Academy Award Nominee (and screen legend) Ava Gardner (Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman) in one of her Iast big screen roIes and Academy Award Winner John GieIgud (Arthur, EIizabeth). |