D.H. Lawrence’s classic tale of love and lust given the French treatment, which leaves us merely to judge it on its own merits since we all know the story of the amorous lady, her disabled husband and the rough-hewn gardener who beds her as often as he does the shrubs.

Arcand, who made the brilliant l989 Jesus of Montreal, returns to form with this excellent Cannes double award-winner (and double Oscar hopeful).