简介：FilmadaptationfromthenovelbyD.H.Lawrence,discoveredafterthecelebratedauthor'sdeathin1930,aromanticlovestorytellsofaprimyoungEnglishgirlwhoissexuallyattractedtoaseductivelyvirilegypsy.Theclimaticdamburstislinkedwiththeconsummationofherdesire. Itcanbeseenasamoralfable.Thetalerelatesthestoryoftwosisters,daughtersofanAnglicanvicar,whoreturnfromoverseastoadrab,lifelessvicarageinthepost-warEastMidlands.Theirmotherhasrunoff,ascandalthatisnottalkedaboutbythefamily.Theirnewhomeisdominatedbyablindandselfishgrandmotheralongwithhermeanspirited,poisonousdaughter.Thetwogirls,YvetteandLucille,riskbeingsuffocatedbythelifetheynowleadattheVicarage.Theytrytheirutmosteverydaytobringcolourandfunintotheirlives.OutonatripwithsomefriendsoneSundayafternoon,YvetteencountersaGypsyandhisfamilyandthismeetingreinforcesherdisenchantmentwiththeoppressivedomesticityofthevicarage.Italsoawakensinherasexualcuriosityshehasnotfeltbefore,despitehavingadmirers.ShealsobefriendsaJewishwomanandheramour.Whenherfatherfindsoutaboutthisfriendship,hethreatensherwith"theasylum"andYvetterealisesthatathisheartherfather,too,ismeanspiritedandshallow.Attheendofthenovel,oneofthedaughtersisrescuedduringasurprisefloodthatwashesthroughthehomeanddrownsthegrandmother.TherescuerwhobreatheslifeandwarmthbackintothevirginalYvetteisthefree-spiritedGypsy.Thefloodcouldbeseenasametaphorforwashingawaytheold,oppressivelife,andwelcominginthenewfreedom.Ironically,whenwediscovertheGypsy'snameattheveryendofthenovella,hebecomesmundaneandordinaryandthemystiqueistakenaway.-Wikipedia…