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| THE LADY |
Year: 2011
USA: Cohen Media Group
UK: Entertainment Film Distributors
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett,
Jonathan Woodhouse, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong, Htun Lin, Agga
Poechit, Lucinda Philips, Alexander Aris, Karma Phuntsho, William
Hope, Sahajak Boonthanakit
Director: Luc Besson
Countries: France / UK
Language: Burmese (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 132 mins
USA Rated: R for violence including some bloody images
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence and bloody
moments
USA Release Date: 13 April 2012 (Limited Release)
USA Release Date: 12 December 2011 (Limited Release - Los
Angeles)
UK Release Date: 30 December 2011
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Synopsis
THE LADY, directed by Luc Besson (THE FIFTH ELEMENT), is the
extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her
husband, Michael Aris (David Thewlis) . It is also the epic story of
the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma’s
democratic movement. Despite distance, long separations, and a
dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A
story of devotion and human understanding set against a backdrop of
political turmoil that continues today.
THE LADY was written over a period of three years by Rebecca Frayn.
Interviews with key figures in Aung San Suu Kyi’s entourage
enabled her to reconstruct for the first time the true story of
Burma’s national heroine.
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