Women in Love

More is more in Ken Russell’s daring D.H. Lawrence adaptation, featuring extravagant emotions and a captivating cast swept up in love, jealousy and unbridled sexuality.

  • Director

    Ken Russell

  • With

    Glenda Jackson, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron

  • UK 1970. 132min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

England in the 1920s is both full of splendour and stifling in its hypocrisies, in this exploration of intimacy, authenticity and love in all its forms. Imbuing Lawrence’s controversial novel with queer sensuality and lavish visuals, Russell pushes forward where others would pull back. A magnetic cast is dragged beyond social taboo into an intoxicating dance on the edge, as the Brangwen sisters navigate complex emotional ties and the weight of convention.

Ruby McGuigan

Restoration supported by Simon and Harley Hessel.