The Lady
The Lady is a 2011 biographical film directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her late husband Michael Aris. Yeoh called the film "a labour of love" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate.
Plot
In 1947, a young Aung San Suu Kyi spends time with her father Aung San, who led Burma to independence. Soon afterwards, he, along with a group of colleagues, is assassinated by armed men in uniform.
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| author | Rebecca Frayn |
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| contentLocation | Myanmar |
| director | Luc Besson |
| editor | Julien Rey |
| keywords | 1990 burmese general election 1990 elections 8888 uprising assassinate aung san ban burma grieve her ill mother house arrest ill mother injured khin kyi married michael aris national league for democracy nobel peace prize political change tatmadaw the national uprise |
| musicBy | Éric Serra |
| producer | Andy Harries Jean Todt Virginie Silla |
| productionCompany | EuropaCorp France 2 Left Bank Pictures |
| publisher | Entertainment Film Distributors |
| recordedAt | Thailand |
| theme | biographical |