Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...
Acting
Carol White's devastatingly restrained hunger.
Cinematography
Muddy farm as prison, shot like a moody watercolor.
Director
Frank Nesbitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a short story by H.E. Bates, better known for 'The Darling Buds of May'—this is his much darker rural England.
Carol White was the face of 'kitchen sink realism'; this was among her final roles before Hollywood and personal tragedy.
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