A note-perfect Joely Richardson heads the cast as the titular Lady Chatterley, who -- at the urging of her paralyzed, impotent spouse (James Wilby) -- finds a lover in the form of her husband's handsome gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors (Sean Bean). After embarking on a steamy affair with Mellors, the frustrated noblewoman experiences a sexual awakening in this absorbing period drama based on D.H. Lawrence's erotic novel.