"The Lady" is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. "The Lady" also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.

MOVIE REVIEW

From the director of Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element and La Femme Nikita comes... a political drama about Aung San Suu Kyi, the symbol of democracy in repressive Burma? Luc Besson somehow took time out of his busy schedule of writing bad action movies to make the heartfelt drama The Lady, which, while not groundbreaking, exceeds expectations.
Read our Lady, The movie review »