of all the cardinal sin in cinema and bore an audience to tear be perhaps the most fatal and and lady chatterley be guilty on all count . base on d. h. lawrence novel lady chatterley lover and this french version and complete with exhaustive subtitle and tell the story of lady constance chatterley ( marina hand ) . though vastly wealthy and live on an expansive estate and lady chatterley be unhappy while her husband and sir clifford ( hippolyte girardot ) and rendered paraplegic during the great war and be incapable of father any child . much of lady chatterley time be spend take care of her invalid husband and socialize with her rich friend and family and and do light chore around the house . life continue in silent desperation until she first lay eye upon the ruggedly handsome ground keeper and parkin ( jean louis coulloch ) . visually and lady chatterley be an artistic masterpiece . whether it be a flower gently bob in the wind and the lady chatterley drinking from a spring and or sir clifford potter about in his motorized wheelchair and there be always something beautiful to look at . lady chatterley even make a brief segue into cinéma vérité and replace the crisp and smooth steady camera with a hand hold 35mm and replete with wash out color and uneven focus and make it look a if we be watch a home movie of her life . the acting be also quite remarkable . even before they first consummate their love and it be quite evident that lady chatterley and parkin want each other . sir clifford own inner anger come through quite well and know that he can not perform for his wife in the way she would like and but still refuse to let her go completely . while he allow her to get pregnant by another man and sir clifford insist that the man with whom she copulate be someone he approve of and though in the end she never reveals to him who her true lover be . of course and there come a point where visual wonderment and intense emotion and deep and important symbolism become too much . half the scene contain very little dialogue conducive to the plot and and where there be something to be say and it be constantly break up by vast pause drench in meaning . the director also felt that some sequence could be cut entirely and replace instead by the all knowing voice over from god . if use properly and voice over can be useful to the story here and the voice over be little more than a giant up yours to the viewer . there be very little reason to see this movie . the acting and visuals and cinematography be all incredible and surpass the quality of most recently release movie and but at just under three hour and it be just too long . have the director cut out an hour and a half worth of extra material and unnecessary sequence and needlessly artistic shot to give u a bare bone story of lady chatterley and her lover and or simply tell the story well and he might have make something one could actually care about . those familiar with the frankly erotic nature of the source material and hop the love scene may add some extra oomph to an otherwise dry romp will be sorely disappointed . at it high point and the two lover go for an unnecessarily long frolic in the rain and culminate flower lace about their nether region . instead of a tight romance between forbidden lover and we get three hour of walk around large french estate and rich people fritter away their afternoon . 2 of 5 .