一战结束后,查泰来爵士(西波里特•吉拉多特 Hippolyte Girardot 饰)因伤失去了双腿,成了只能摇着轮椅生活的残疾人。虽然他偶尔会约朋友一起吃饭聊天,但是他的夫人康斯坦丝(玛丽娜•汉斯 Marina Hands 饰)却陷入了无聊与寂寞之中。看着她神色日渐憔悴,朋友带她去看医生希望得到救治,结果大夫检查后说她并无疾病,只是由于长期没有夫妻生活所以身体虚弱。一次偶然的机会,她在弗雷格比庄园的树林里结识了壮硕的园丁帕尔金(让-路易•顾洛克 Jean-Louis Coullo'ch 饰),并逐渐对他产生爱慕。两个人于是开始了偷情。这段关系开始后,夫人的病不治而愈,但是她的内心却更加忐忑不安,生怕秘密被丈夫揭穿…… 本片根据英国作家劳伦斯的同名小说改编,获得法国电影恺撒奖5项大奖。Sir Clifford has returned from the Great War to his estate near Sheffield, paralyzed from the waist down. Lady Constance, his young wife, cares for him, but she's lifeless, enervated. Her physician prescribes the open air, and she finds a quiet retreat at the hut - the workplace - of Parkin, the estate's gamekeeper. The rhythms of nature awaken Connie - daffodils, pheasant chicks - and soon she and Parkin become lovers. She's now radiant. Parkin, too, opens up. Class distinctions and gender roles may be barriers to the affair becoming more. Connie's trip to France, with her father and sister, bring the lovers to a nuanced resolution.