Rent The Rainbow (1988)
4.2 of 5 from 54 ratings
3h 0min
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Ursula Brangwen (Imogen Stubbs) is the beautiful, naive daughter of a wealthy country squire, one of five children living in the Nottinghamshire mining heartland at the turn of the century. From wide-eyed sixteen-year-old to fully grown woman, the drama follows Ursula through the trials and tribulations of her burgeoning personal relationships in her quest to find fulfilment for her developing passionate and sensual nature. This highly acclaimed three part mini-series was Imogen Stubbs' breakthrough role while the supporting cast includes Kate Buffery as Ursula's swimming instructor Winifred Inger and Tom Bell as Old Tom Brangwen. Martin Wenner plays soldier Anton Skrebensky with Jon Finch as Uncle Tom. Atmospheric, sensuous and haunting, this production is widely considered one of the finest -adaptations of D.H. Lawrence's controversial and ground breaking novel, one of the greatest works in all English literature. - Actors:
- Imogen Stubbs, Martin Wenner, Jane Gurnett, Colin Tarrant, Clare Holman, Tom Bell, Kate Buffery, Suzy Roper, Jon Finch, Eileen Way, Aran Bell, Brian Hickey, Claire Thompson, Kathryn Brown, Paul Duke, Tom Bailey, Annette Kashdan, Amy Bell, Emma Chambers, Robyn Cooper
- Directors:
- Stuart Burge
- Producers:
- Chris Parr, Carol Parks
- Writers:
- D.H. Lawrence, Anne Devlin
- Studio:
- Simply Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
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- A Brief History of Lesbian Cinema, A Brief History of Film...
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Haunting Quality - The Rainbow review by CV
This novel is the background to the more well-known novel 'Women in Love' by D. H. Lawrence though this novel is primarily about Ursula the elder daughter growing up into a woman. The atmosphere of the film seems to be a projection of Ursula's ill-fated romantic view of the world where she is more in love with love itself than the partners (of both sexes) she encounters. One haunting scene is where a small herd of horses are disturbed by Ursula's presence in the field and others, the effect she has on her pupils when she tries a career in teaching. Personally I have never found Lawrence's dialogue quite natural when reading it but this film achieves a lot more visually and creates a clearer context as to what Lawrence was trying to say generally. This is an excellent interpretation and experience of Lawrence's style and the music, often done by fantasy-like synthesised sounds and at other times with a harp or plucked strings, adds another chilling layer to this unique film.
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