Lady Chatterley (film) Lady Chatterley (film) Lady Chatterley is a 2006 French drama film by Pascale Ferran. The film is an adaptation of the novel "John Thomas and Lady Jane", an earlier version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover", by D. H. Lawrence. It was released in France on 1 November 2006, followed by limited release in the U.S. on 22 June 2007 and in the UK on 24 August 2007. The film won the 2007 César Award for Best Film and stars Jean-Louis Coulloc'h and Marina Hands. In an English country house, Sir Clifford Chatterley lives with his wife Constance. Severely wounded in World
Lady Chatterley's Lover important tests of obscenity such as the Hicklin test. The judgement upheld the conviction, stating that: In the United States, the free publication of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was a significant event in the "sexual revolution". At the time, the book was a topic of widespread discussion and a byword of sorts. In 1965, Tom Lehrer recorded a satirical song entitled "Smut", in which the speaker in the song lyrics cheerfully acknowledges his enjoyment of such material; "Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?/I've got a hobby: rereading "Lady Chatterley"." British poet Philip Larkin's poem "Annus Mirabilis" begins with a