ursula ( sammi davis ) live in the english countryside with her happy go lucky dad ( christopher gable ) and her stoic mom ( glenda jackson and who play an old ursula in woman in love ) and her sister and gudrun ( glenda mckay ) and and assort other brangwens . the family live comfortably thanks to the generosity of uncle henry ( david hemmings ) and who own the local mine . ursula be introduce to lesbianism by her school gym instructor ( amanda donohoe ) and and be deflower by a soldier ( paul mcgann ) . she decide to become a teacher and and her family secure for her a position at the local school and where she have difficulty impose discipline . despite her strong feeling for her soldier and she refuse to become the wife of a member of the british foreign service and and choose rather to be a spinster and and to love whom she want when she want . how i miss ken russell extravaganza . i do not even know whether this picture be release in the u. s. have i know of it and i would have rush out to see it . woman in love remain one of my favorite movie of all time . ken russell mix high emotion with the intellectual stimulation and provide substantial cinematic dynamite . whereas woman in love have a scene of ursula vs. the bull and this film have ursula run from the wild horse . while woman in love provide a nude wrestle scene between two men and this film have a nude love scene between two woman . the scene of the soldier climb naked up the rock be an amazing spectacle . the cinematic rainbow be practically candy color not mean at all to resemble a real rainbow . it provide the opening and closing of the film and a ursula seek to go to it . her father recreate a rainbow out of edible treat and but ursula do not want the real thing and only the fantasy . the movie be a treat from begin to end . it be stimulate in every way the music be superb and the act captivating and the visuals stun . highly recommended .