The story of Paul Morel, torn between three women. A observant and insightful look at the complexities and dangers surrounding human love and attraction.

Sons and Lovers is the moving and explicit account of a young man growing up in a closed mining village. Born into a difficult marriage, Paul Morel is shy and introverted and impressionable. As a young adult he becomes caught between the attentions of three women: his influential mother Gertrude, spiritual and devoted Miriam and the sensual and mature Clara.