Director of Photography, Mark Partridge, discovered D.H. Lawrence's short story Odour of Chrysanthemums whilst studying modernism as part of an English course two years ago and couldn't get it out of his head. Set in a small Nottinghamshire mining community in 1913, it's a disturbing tale of how a once passionate relationship has been destroyed by economic and emotional demands. "Lawrence's story of a woman's disillusionment within a marital relationship is emotionally powerful, but also socially significant. Its theme has a strong contemporary resonance," remarks Partridge, who subsequently purchased the film rights and wrote the screenplay with fellow filmmaker and Producer, Andrea Wallace Grant.

Odour of Chrysanthemums focuses on Elizabeth as she anxiously awaits the return from the pit of her miner husband. As evening draws on, she conceals a growing resentment from her children, believing that he is yet again spending his earnings drinking in a pub in Brinsley, but eventually he's brought home - dead, after an accident at the mine. Lawrence's dark tale unveils a disturbing and surprising twist as Elizabeth experiences a turmoil of conflicting emotions.