The Lady

by Luc Besson

France, Myanmar

Director: Luc Besson

Scriptwriter: Rebecca Frayn

Cinematographer: Thierry Arbogast

Editing: Julien Ray

Sound: Ken Yasumoto, Didier Lozahic

Music: Eric Serra

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse, Susan Wooldrigde, Bénédicte Wong, Htun Lin, Agga Poechit

Production:
Europa Corp
Left Bank Pictures
France 2 Cinéma

Distribution: 
Europa Corp Distribution
La cité du cinéma
20 rue Ampère
93 413 Saint-Denis cedex
France
Tel: 0033 1 55 95 50 00
Mail: [email protected]
www.europacorp.com

Year: 2011

DCP, Colour, 127 min, OV English, Burmese with French Subtitles

The Lady is an outstanding love story between a man, Michael Aris, and an exceptional woman, Aung San Suu Kyi, who sacrificed her happiness and private life to make her own people happy. Yet, nothing will ever weaken such infinite love between them, not even separation, absence, isolation or the inhumanity of a political junta, still ruling Burma.

The Lady is also the story of a woman who became one of today symbols in the struggle for democracy. It is the unfailing determination and extraordinary courage of a single woman confronted with a whole brutal tyrannical regime that drove Michelle Yeoh and Luc Besson to make a film about this unique destiny.

“Nevertheless, the choice Aung San Suu Kyi made in sacrificing her private life in the name of her ideals was not necessarily easy to understand and accept… I wondered how a mother could make such a choice, and this was such a long way from me that I was determined to understand what drove her to give up everything for her country.” Virginie Besson-Silla