SummaryThe Lady is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. It is also the epic story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma’s democracy movement. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. (Entertainment Film Distributors)
Directed By:Luc Besson
Written By:Rebecca Frayn
The Lady
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24% Positive
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Apr 13, 2012
75
The Lady is a portrait in moral and physical courage, a sort of analysis of what constitutes greatness.
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Feb 18, 2012
10
This is a complete success: Luc Besson, you learned to Burma by a deeply humanistic and political history in question. Then, the two main actors (Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis) play their roles well and make you feel his passion in private life and his struggle for democracy and peace in society. There are some similarities with another masterpiece of Besson's "Leon: The Professional": both are in fear of "courage and love." Aung San Suu Kyi, as Leo is a hero of the struggle against tyranny and only organized power corrupt. If the Lion effort to protect the innocent young Mathilde felt sympathy for this guy, no doubt, you can admire this courageous woman comforted her and her family to defend the entire nation of the dictatorship of the military regime. My wife and I enjoyed the film. Paris theater was almost full at the end gives the impression that the spectators were satisfied A row in front of us was an elderly couple, the old man asked. "? Dear you wish, for the second time," Ms replied, "Sure, can you come and see it a third time?"
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Dec 1, 2011
50
There's something immobile at the center of The Lady, a kind of Botoxed biopic with an unlikely director - Luc Besson - manning the syringe.
Apr 11, 2012
42
This is an inspiring and important story, but worthiness doesn't automatically equal quality. Had Besson looked for unexpected ways into Suu Kyi's life, or even had he indulged his old impulses and made a slick, surface-y Luc Besson movie, then The Lady might've been more memorable.
Apr 10, 2012
40
Impersonally directed by cinéma du look pioneer Luc Besson, The Lady was written by first-timer Rebecca Frayn, whose script has all the elegance and nuance of Google Translate.
Dec 1, 2011
40
We have a fumbling and fawning - if sincere - tribute to the living legend and a director who has never seemed more out of his element.
Apr 26, 2012
25
Contrast this to "The Iron Lady," a film which managed to be both obnoxiously condescending and flattering to the divisive British leader Margaret Thatcher, and left those of all political stripes irritated. The Lady, devoid of either iron or irony, is merely forgettable, a much deeper insult to its subject.
Mar 12, 2026
8
The Lady (2011) Family or Country (12,325 - 11 Mar 2026 – Claudio Carvalho) In 1947, in Rangoon, Burma, General Aung San is assassinated with his fiends by men wearing uniform, leaving his wife and the 2-year-old daughter Aung San Suu Kyi. In 1988, her mother has a stroke and Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) leaves her husband Michael Aris (David Thewlis) and her two sons Kim (Jonathan Raggett) and Alexander (Jonathan Woodhouse) in Oxford to see her mother. She sees the massacre of civilian by the military and her friends summon her to be their leader. They form the National League of Democracy and win the elections, but the military do not accept and arrest her supporters. They also do not allow her family to visit her, keeping her arrested at home. In 1991, she is awarded by the Novel Peace Prize in Norway. “The Lady” (2011) is a film directed by Luc Besson based on the true story of the activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The plot depict Suu as a naive woman that choses her country over her family. David Thewlis steals the show, perfoming also his brother Anthony. My vote is eight. Title (Brazil): “Além da Liberdade” (“Beyond the Freedom”) My Blog: ****/
Jun 12, 2012
8
The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, is played wonderfully by Michelle Yeoh. I knew little about this famous person as I suspect many also didnâ
Apr 24, 2012
6
I thought I was going to see "Iron Lady" but was glad this was the film. I agree with all of the criticisms but since the timing was so relevant to the recent news, I learned a lot I did not known about the situation from an historical standpoint. Yes, it would have been better if they had not concentrated as much on her family relationship and more on the political dynamics. Still, my knowledge is so much greater than when I went in.
Jan 8, 2012
5
This handsomely mounted picture is, at nearly 2 1/2 hours, far too long and indigestible for a film whose protagonist spends most of her screen time under house arrest.
Apr 16, 2012
4
What? If I don't have a bad memory, I remember that this movie be launched the last year, and what happen? was delayed, and I think: I can watch the movie, but after have other delay, and finally when we can watch the product, I can say that the movie is regular. The story is good, but have a bad development, in some parts is boring, in other interesting, but the biggest part of the movie is boring. The cast have regular performances, and is not good. I think that the movie cause all this things, after the delays, watching this, sorry but The Lady is regular.
Production Company:
- EuropaCorp
- Left Bank Pictures
- France 2 Cinéma
- Canal+
- France Télévisions
- Siam Movies Productions
- Siam Movies
Release Date:Apr 13, 2012
Duration:2 h 12 m
Rating:R
Tagline:From House Arrest to Parliament
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Awards
Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Durban International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Mill Valley Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
