Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

1960 · 103 min · EN · 6.7 (29 votes)
Dir. Jack Cardiff · Starring Mary Ure, Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, William Lucas · Music Mario Nascimbene

You'll never forget the young lovers in...

Drama

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

VIBE

A deeply felt, atmospheric drama exploring the suffocating bonds of family and the desperate yearning for a life beyond one's predetermined station. It's a raw, emotional journey through ambition, desire, and the crushing weight of expectation.

melancholicbroodingintenseyearningslow-burnkitchen sink realismperiod dramacharacter studyclass strugglefamily dynamicsartistic ambitionforbidden love
based on novel or bookheart attackfamily relationshipsderbyshirenottinghammining towndeath of mothercoal minedrunkenness1900s
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