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Sons and Lovers

Directed by Jack Cardiff

Drama

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

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Clara Dawes

Walter Morel

Paul Morel

Gertrude Morel

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Screenplay

Freddie Francis

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T. E. B. Clarke

Screenplay

Mario Nascimbene

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What is Sons and Lovers about?

Sons and Lovers is about the son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

Who directed Sons and Lovers?

Jack Cardiff directed Sons and Lovers.

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