Film
Lady, The (2012)
Review
Lady, The (2012)
The latest of Luc Besson's teak-tough leading ladies, Michelle
Yeoh plays Burmese democrat and dissident Aung San Suu Kyi with the
grit of Nikita and the stoicism of Joan Of Arc. Suu Kyi's struggles
to bring democracy to her homeland, framed in flashback through the
eyes of ailing husband (Dav...
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Film Details
Rangoon, 1990. Burmese democrat Aung San Suu Kyi (Yeoh) is encouraged to stand in the country's free elections. Despite winning a popular mandate she's place under indefinite house arrest by the repressive regime. Meanwhile, in Oxford, her supportive husband (Thewlis) and two sons wait for word of when they might see her again...
- MA15+
- 132 minutes
- Drama
- 19 April 2012
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- Luc Besson
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- Rebecca Frayn
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- Michelle Yeoh,
- David Thewlis,
- Jonathan Raggett
