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Bookmark this pageSons and Lovers (1960)
Director: Jack Cardiff
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A slack and superficial adaptation of Lawrence's novel. Laudably avoiding the temptation to sensationalise Paul Morel's amorous adventures, the film finds little else to stress, since these affairs take up an awful lot of screen time, while the character's inner conflicts (with his background, his mother etc) are left ill-defined and inconclusive. Great care has been taken with the period atmosphere (splendid camerawork by Freddie Francis), but the rather stiffly literary dialogue makes it all look like a series of animated Edwardian tableaux.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Cardiff
Producer: Jerry Wald
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure, Heather Sears, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Thesiger full cast
Duration: 103 mins
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