The Rainbow (1989)

Directed by

Ken Russell

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sheltered young woman named Ursula is drawn into a sexual and emotional relationship with a more worldly woman while training as a schoolteacher in early 20th century England. The story follows her awakening and growing awareness of her desires against a backdrop of social constraint.

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What happens

The Rainbow is a 1989 British drama film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and adapted from the D. H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow (1915). Sammi Davis stars as Ursula, a sheltered young pupil, then schoolteacher, who is taken under the wing (sexually and otherwise) by the more sophisticated Winifred (Amanda Donohoe). Russell's film was a companion to his 1969 adaptation of Lawrence's second novel about the Brangwen sisters Women in Love (1920). Glenda Jackson appears as the mother of the character she played in Women in Love (1969). The film was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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