The Lady
A Luc Besson film, THE LADY is one of the greatest love stories set against a background of polictial turmoil which continues today. It is the extraordinary story of how Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her husband Michael Aris (David Thewlis) gave up their happiness at great cost when the wife’s country called upon her. Yet despite distance, long separations, danger and an actively hostile regime their love endured until the end.
THE LADY tells the story of Burma’s democracy movement and the woman at the centre of it, it’s inspiration and hope. Burma’s desperate struggle still goes on today and both “The Lady”, as she is popularly known and the country still refuse to give up their goal.
Information
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis
Written by: Rebecca Frayn
Produced by: Virginie Besson-Silla, Andy Harries
Production: EuropCorp – Left Bank Pictures – France 2 Cinema
Reviews and Awards
Read The Lady’s feature in Variety Magazine’s European Overview of Toronto Film Festival
International Release: TBC 2011
International Press Contact: Michele Abitbol-Lasry & Severine Lajarrige
michele@abitbol.fr / severine@abitbol.fr