Odour of Chrysanthemums is a 2002 short film directed by Mark Partridge and based on the short story by D. H. Lawrence.
Synopsis
The film tells of a Nottinghamshire coalminer's wife, a young mother, waiting for her husband Walter to come home. She blames his drinking for his absence. It later turns out he has been killed in a pit accident. Laying out his corpse, after it is brought home from the mine, makes her realize they never really knew each other. Upon the discovery that her husband has died, the protagonist, Elizabeth, is able to remain astonishingly calm and collected, especially in front of her children. In contrast, Walter's mother, who lives near the young couple and their children, becomes emotional . The presence of pink chrysanthemums throughout the story represents Elizabeth's constant desire for some hint of beauty within her life. One of the miners who brings in Walter's body knocks over the vase of flowers, symbolizing Elizabeth's loss of control over her life.
, 1h53 Réalisé parNigel Cole OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Biographie, Comédie, Historique ThèmesFéminisme, Politique, Le monde du travail, Politique ActeursSally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough Note70% Au printemps 1968 à Londres, Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins), une ouvrière de l'usine de Ford de Dagenham, dans la banlieue londonienne, va mener un mouvement visant à instaurer l'égalité de salaire entre les hommes et les femmes. Tout part d'une simple demande d'augmentation de salaire promise par sa direction depuis longtemps pour elle et ses collègues de l'atelier qui assemblent les housses de siège. Sous l'impulsion de son supérieur, elle mène un combat durant trois semaines contre Ford en vue d'obtenir ce qu'elle veut.
, 1h42 OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Romance ActeursSaskia Reeves, David O'Hara, Joss Ackland, Rosemary Harris, Anthony Higgins, Geraldine James Note67% In the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic when Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters moved into their seaside residence. But when Phillip Wilson Steer arrives for his annual painting visit, a chain of events set off to change their lives forever. Overcome by his first sight of Isobel, Steer immediately decides to capture her on canvas; and as the painting grows, so does their love for each other. But jealousy and tragedy eventually force them to confront reality.
, 2h58 OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Thriller, Romance ActeursCharles Dance, Emilia Fox, Diana Rigg, Geraldine James, Jean Anderson, Faye Dunaway Note72% While vacationing in Monte Carlo in 1927, Maxim de Winter meets the young and somewhat naive British companion of Mrs. Van Hopper, a typical Ugly American whose bout of influenza frees the girl – who, as in the original novel, is never identified by name – to spend time with the wealthy widower. When Mrs. Van Hopper announces plans to return to New York City, Max proposes to the girl and brings her to his Cornwall coast estate known as Manderley. There a large household staff is supervised by Mrs. Danvers, who was devoted to Max's first wife Rebecca, the victim of a sailing accident some ten months before, whose battered body was discovered forty miles up the coast and identified by her distraught husband.