DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley (France/Belgium, 2006) November 9, 2007

Winner of five major prizes, including Best Film and Best Actress at the 2007 Cesar Awards, France's equivalent of the Oscars, this frankly sensual yet never vulgar film is based on D.H. Lawrence's tale about an earthy passion that is both innocent and subversive. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' provoked outrage and scandal when it first appeared in 1928, only ten years after women had won the right to vote in England.