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May 26, 1989 · A film about a young woman's coming of age and quest for independence in early 1900s England, based on the last part of D.H. Lawrence's novel. Directed by Ken Russell, starring Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe and others.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Ken Russell
- 1989-05-26
The Rainbow is a 1989 British drama film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and adapted from the D. H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow (1915). Sammi Davis stars as Ursula, a sheltered young pupil, then schoolteacher, who is taken under the wing (sexually and otherwise) by the more sophisticated Winifred ( Amanda Donohoe ).
The movie takes place in rural England around the time of the World War I, and centers on the story of Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis), daughter of an old, established and respectable farming family, who has no desire to march in step with the requirements of her family tradition.
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Set in the early 20th century, The Rainbow tells the story of three generations of women in a Nottinghamshire family. Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis) is the protagonist of the story, a free-spirited woman who wants to break free from the constraints of a conservative society.
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- Ken Russell
- R
- Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe, Paul Mcgann
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The Rainbow. Directed by Ken Russell • 1989 • United Kingdom, United States. Starring Sammi Davis, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe. Having previously brought “Women in Love” to the screen to great acclaim, Ken Russell returned to the world of D. H. Lawrence with this relatively restrained (by the director’s usually extreme standards ...
