The Lady (2012)
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The Lady (2012)

Genre
Biography, Drama
Release Date
April 13, 2012
Studio
Cohen Media Group
Genre
Biography, Drama
Release Date
April 13, 2012
MPAA Rating
R
Duration
127 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
Cohen Media Group
Official Site
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Director
Luc Besson
Producer
Luc Besson, Andy Harries, Virginie Silla
Screenwriter
Rebecca Frayn
Starring
  • Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi
  • David Thewlis as Michael Aris
  • William Hope
  • Sahajak Boonthanakit
  • Teerawat Mulvilai
  • Antony Hickling
  • Jonathan Raggett
  • Jonathan Woodhouse
  • Susan Wooldridge
  • Benedict Wong

A biopic of Burmese pro-democracy politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. It will chart her remarkable journey from housewife bringing up her children in Oxford to taking on the power of Burma's generals by becoming opposition leader. It will be set between 1988 - when Aung San Suu Kyi left Oxford to visit her sick mother and ended up staying - and 1999, the year Aris died after being diagnosed with cancer. Aris had been forbidden from entering Burma, a decision that left Aung San Suu Kyi with the almost impossible decision of whether to stay or go.