The Lady is an extraordinary story of love. It is the story of a man, Michael Aris, and most of all the story of a remarkable woman, Aung San Suu Kyi, who sacrifices her personal happiness for that of her people. Nothing, however, can shake the infinite love that unites these two people, not even separation, absence, isolation, and the inhumanity of a political junta that is still in place in Burma.
The Lady is also the story of a woman who has become one of the contemporary symbols of the struggle for democracy.
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Preview of "The Lady", cinéma Sture, Stockholm // 02.04.2012
On Monday, April 2nd, the French Embassy in Sweden, in cooperation with Franska Filmfestivalen (http://www.franskafilmfestivalen.com/) and Scanbox, organized a preview of Luc Besson's last movie, "The Lady", at the movie theatre Sture in Stockholm. "The Lady" is based on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Price for Peace 1991) and her life-long fight for democracy in Burma. As the event took place the day after the elections in Burma, the movie was preceeded by a debate on the current situation in the country. The panelists were Lian H Sakhong (Director of the Burma Center for Ethnic Studies, http://burmaethnicstudies.net/about.html), Lise Bergh (General Secretary for Amnesty International Sweden, http://www.amnesty.se/) and Karin Valtersson (Resp. for Information and Communication, Swedish Comitee for Burma (http://www.burmakommitten.org)), and the mediator was David Isaksson from Global Reporting (http://www.globalreporting.net/). After the debate, the Swedish EU Minister Birgitta Ohlsson made a key-note speech about the situation in Burma and paid a tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi.
Video by Benoît Derrier for the French Embassy in Sweden, April 2012.
Feature film Genres : Fiction Sub-genre : Drama Production language : English Nationality : 100% French (France) Production year : 2010 French release : 30/11/2011 Runtime : 2 h 7 min Current status : Released Visa number : 127.872 Visa issue date : 17/11/2011 Approval : Yes Screening format :
DCP Color type : Color Aspect ratio : 2.35 Sound format : Dolby 5.1 Official website : www.europacorp.com
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