The Lady (2011 film)

The Lady
French theatrical poster
Directed byLuc Besson[1]
Written byRebecca Frayn[2]
Produced byVirginie Besson-Silla
Andy Harries
Jean Todt
StarringMichelle Yeoh
David Thewlis[3]
Jonathan Woodhouse
Jonathan Raggett
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
Edited byJulien Rey
Music byÉric Serra
Sade
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 12 September 2011 (2011-09-12) (TIFF)
  • 30 December 2011 (2011-12-30) (UK)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguagesEnglish
Burmese
Budget€22.1 million[4]
Box office$7.8 million[5]
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The Lady is a 2011 British biographical film directed by Luc Besson,[6] starring Michelle Yeoh[7] as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis[8] as her late husband Michael Aris.[9] Yeoh called the film "a labour of love" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate.[10]

  1. ^ "Third The Lady Trailer". Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. ^ "The Lady". Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. ^ "David Thewlis says he cried over The Lady script". BBC News. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  4. ^ "The Lady". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. ^ "The Lady". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
  7. ^ Petty, Martin (29 March 2012). "Myanmar's Suu Kyi: from prisoner to would-be lawmaker". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  8. ^ Barton, Laura. "David Thewlis: the secret surrealist". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  9. ^ Zeitchik, Steven. "David Thewlis is the 'Anonymous' actor who's everywhere". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Michelle Yeoh – The Lady". YouTube. Retrieved 20 December 2011.