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==Reception==
The film received negative reviews. English critics often appreciated the efforts of the former "Bond-girl" [[Michelle Yeoh]] and the performance of English actor [[David Thewlis]] while criticizing director/producer [[Luc Besson]]. American critics joined the criticism of Luc Besson. Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a rating of 34% based on 65 reviews, with an average score of 5.2./10<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lady_2011/ |title=The Lady |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref><br>
The film received negative reviews. English critics often appreciated the efforts of the leading actress, [[Michelle Yeoh]], and the performance of English actor [[David Thewlis]] while criticizing director/producer [[Luc Besson]]. American critics joined the criticism of Luc Besson. Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a rating of 34% based on 65 reviews, with an average score of 5.2./10<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lady_2011/ |title=The Lady |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref><br>
[[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called the biopic, 'a pale imitation of an inspirational fighter for democracy,'<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8982620/The-Lady-review.html |title=The Lady, review |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' }}</ref> while [[Roger Ebert]] gave it two and a half stars, citing the strength of [[Michelle Yeoh]] and [[David Thewlis]]' performances but suggesting that Besson should have stayed away from the biopic genre.<ref name="Roger Ebert">{{cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120418/REVIEWS/120419984 |title=The Lady |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=[[Roger Ebert|RogerEbert.com]] }}</ref>
[[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called the biopic, 'a pale imitation of an inspirational fighter for democracy,'<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8982620/The-Lady-review.html |title=The Lady, review |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' }}</ref> while [[Roger Ebert]] gave it two and a half stars, citing the strength of [[Michelle Yeoh]] and [[David Thewlis]]' performances but suggesting that Besson should have stayed away from the biopic genre.<ref name="Roger Ebert">{{cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120418/REVIEWS/120419984 |title=The Lady |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |publisher=[[Roger Ebert|RogerEbert.com]] }}</ref>
Keith Uhlich (''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out Chicago]]'') described ''The Lady'' as a dutiful crafted biopic. <ref>{{Cite news|url= http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/film/15270686/the-lady-film-review |title= Luc Besson crafts a dutiful biopic of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi |accessdate=2012-05-06 |location=Chicago |work=Time Out Chicago |first=Keith|last=Uhlich}}</ref>
Keith Uhlich (''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out Chicago]]'') described ''The Lady'' as a dutiful crafted biopic. <ref>{{Cite news|url= http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/film/15270686/the-lady-film-review |title= Luc Besson crafts a dutiful biopic of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi |accessdate=2012-05-06 |location=Chicago |work=Time Out Chicago |first=Keith|last=Uhlich}}</ref>

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The Lady
Theatrical poster
Directed byLuc Besson[1]
Screenplay byRebecca Frayn[2][3]
Story byRebecca Frayn
Produced byVirginie Besson-Silla
Andy Harries
Jean Todt[4]
StarringMichelle Yeoh[5]
David Thewlis[6]
Jonathan Woodhouse
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
Edited byJulien Rey
Music byEric Serra
Production
companies
Distributed byEuropaCorp (France)
Entertainment Film Distributors(UK)
Cohen Media Group (US)
Golden Scene Company Limited(HK)
Release dates
  • 12 September 2011 (2011-09-12) (Toronto Film Festival)
  • 30 November 2011 (2011-11-30) (France)
  • 30 December 2011 (2011-12-30) (United Kingdom)
  • 9 February 2012 (2012-02-09) (Hong Kong)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesFrance
United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Burmese
Budget€ 22,100,000[7]
Box office$3,404,191[8]

The Lady is a French-English co-production directed by Luc Besson,[9] starring Michelle Yeoh[10] as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis[11] as her late husband Michael Aris.[12][13] Yeoh describes the film as "an incredible love story" against the background of "political turmoil".[14]

Paris Match shared her opinion, naming the film an extraordinary story of love between her deceased husband and a woman who sacrifices her personal happiness for her people.[15][16]

Michelle Yeoh called the film "a labour of love" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate.[17] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watched "The Lady" before she met the real Aung San Suu Kyi.[18]

Synopsis

In 1947, when Aung San Suu Kyi is two years old, her father Aung San leads Burma to independence. But soon afterwards, on 19 July 1947, he along with a group of his colleagues is assassinated by a military death squad.[19]

As an adult she goes to England, finds a loving husband and has a happy family life. But in 1988 her mother's poor health forces her to return to Burma where her father, Aung San, is still widely remembered.

When she visits her mother in the hospital in 1988, she meets many of the people were wounded during the Tatmadaw's crackdown in the 8888 Uprising. She realises that political change is needed in Burma and is soon drawn into the movement to promote reform.[20] She accepts the role of icon in support of self-determination by the Burmese people and devotes herself to activities in support of goals of greater political freedoms[21]

Suu Kyi founds a political party and clearly wins the 1990 elections. However, the Burmese military refuse to accept the result of the election and moved to bring Suu Kyi under control. She and her family became separated when her husband and children were banned from Burma and she was put under a house arrest for more than a decade. [22] [23] Yet their relentless struggling for Suu Kyi's recognition outside Burma is her guarantee she won't be forgotten and cannot disappear unnoticed.

Due to her family's efforts, she becomes the first woman in Asia to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[24] Yet their separation continues because neither can Suu Kyi attend the ceremony nor can her husband Michael Aris see her one last time before his early death. [25]

Background

Rebecca Frayn began working on the project after she and her husband, producer Andy Harries had visited Burma in the early 1990s.[26]

Harries' production company Left Bank Pictures began development of the script in 2008 under the working title Freedom from Fear.[27] Harries wanted Michelle Yeoh as the lead and had the script sent to her.[26] The actress was thrilled because she had always wanted to play Suu Kyi. [28] [29] She visited London to meet the couple. [30] The script was as English as its origin, telling the story solely from Michael Aris' perspective but Michelle Yeoh claimed she brought an Asian insight to it.[31]

Her husband Jean Todt (who later on also accompanied the project as accredited producer) encouraged her to contact his country fellowman and friend Luc Besson. [32] [33] [34] She already held Luc Besson in high regard for having directed films about strong women before.[35]

Besson accepted the script immediately while he was aware it would force him to bring in all experience he had collected during his decades of work as a film maker. [36] Besson recognised the opportunity for him to finally present a real life heroine, a female fighter who wields no other weapons than her human virtues.[37]

During the shooting of the film, news broke that Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest had been lifted. Luc Besson hesitated to believe what he saw on TV because it looked so much like his recent footage.[38]

Aung San Suu Kyi appears in public after her release on November 14, 2010

Yeoh visited Suu Kyi soon afterwards. [39] She would say later it had been like visiting a dear family member. [40]When they discussed the film the actress got the feeling she was still on the film set because Luc Besson had recreated the house so accurately. [41] [42] Aung San Suu Kyi even gave her a hug. [43]

On 22 June 2011 Yeoh wanted to visit Suu Kyi a second time but was deported from Burma, reportedly over her portrayal of Aung San Suu Kyi.[44] This time Besson was allowed to meet Suu Kyi. [45]

Suu Kyi said she would hesitate to watch the film because she wasn't too sure to be up to it already, although she asked for a copy.[46]

Michelle Yeoh later expressed her gratitude for the pivotal support of Thai partners such as Siam Movies by handing over a donation to the Chaipattana Foundation on the occasion of the film's release in Thailand. [47]

Authenticity

Rebecca Frayn

Rebecca Frayn interviewed a number of Suu Kyi's confidants, and based her on the testimonies.[48] [49] While some supporters could afford to feed her information only because she wouldn't disclose these sources, her work was openly appreciated by Suu Kyi's brother-in-law Anthony Aris.[50]

Michelle Yeoh

Yeoh watched about 200 hours of audiovisual material on Suu Kyi and took lessons in Burmese.[51] Her talent for languages is evident when she delivers Suu Kyi's historic speeches in Burmese.[52]

The actress had refreshed her skills as a piano player. [53]

Despite always having been petite, Michelle Yeoh evidently lost weight to embody Suu Kyi whose son had stressed that his mother was slimmer than Yeoh. [54] [55]

As Yeoh told the New York Post, the silk and cotton costumes she wears are Burmese. [56]

Luc Besson stated later Michelle Yeoh "had perfected Suu Kyi's appearance and the nuances of her personality to such an extent that the lines between the real human being and the portrayed character blurred when they crossed in real life". [57]

Luc Besson

Under Luc Besson's helm, his crew also pursued accuracy. Even the cardinal directions were respected when Suu Kyi's home was rebuilt, so that the audience would see the sunrise in the same way as Suu Kyi. Based on satellite images and about 200 family photographs they constructed a precise 1:1 scale model of this house. [58]

Luc Besson himself went to Burma, scouted locations and filmed in disguise. [59]

In order to achieve authenticity Luc Besson engaged many Burmese actors and extras. [60]Some of them, like Thein Win, reenacted their personal memories. [61] Once or twice the filming of a scene had to be ceased because Michelle Yeoh's performance of a speech (in Burmese) elicited outbursts of emotion among extras who had originally heard Suu Kyi.[62]

Andy Harries

Andy Harries concentrated on substantiating the British part of his wife's script. He achieved authenticity of the happy time in Suu Kyi's life, when she lived with her family in the United Kingdom. Their flat was also recreated on a sound stage, although the film includes scenes shot on location in front of the house itself. [63] The scenes showing Michael Aris as moribund cancer patient were also shot on location in the actual hospital. [64]

Reception

The film received negative reviews. English critics often appreciated the efforts of the leading actress, Michelle Yeoh, and the performance of English actor David Thewlis while criticizing director/producer Luc Besson. American critics joined the criticism of Luc Besson. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 34% based on 65 reviews, with an average score of 5.2./10[65]
Robbie Collin of The Telegraph called the biopic, 'a pale imitation of an inspirational fighter for democracy,'[66] while Roger Ebert gave it two and a half stars, citing the strength of Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis' performances but suggesting that Besson should have stayed away from the biopic genre.[67] Keith Uhlich (Time Out Chicago) described The Lady as a dutiful crafted biopic. [68] David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter) praised Thierry Arbogast 's cinematography for "boast(ing)" handsome visuals, the South Asian landscapes nicely contrasted with the gray stone structures of Oxford." [69] Asian Week's Annabelle Udo O'Malley evaluated the film as "certainly worth seeing" for its "beautiful cinematography" and its soundtrack. [70] David Stratton (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) said about Michelle Yeoh's embodiment of Suu: "Suu, beautifully played by Michelle Yeoh, is the epitome of grace and calm, and her long-suffering supporters follow her example." [71] Melissa Silverstein – (indieWire) described "Michael's campaign to get Suu the Nobel Peace Prize to raise her visibility and protect her safety" as one of the film's highlights. She emphasized hereby the scene "of one of her sons accepting the award on her behalf as she listens to ceremony on a radio thousands of miles away". She found that scene "moving". [72] Julia Suryakusuma (The Jakarta Post) admitted she had been reduced to tears while watching "The Lady". [73] Alex von Tunzelmann (The Guardian) demonstrated another attitude by complaining that "accounts of the assassination specifically mention that Aung San was seated and did not even have time to stand before the squad fired 13 bullets into him". [74] Summer J. Holliday (Working Author) defines "The Lady" as "a synergy of the harsh reality of modern military occupation and the effect it has on parties of either side". [75]
In Asia, where people are more familiar with the true story behind the film and therefore also understand its delicacy, the reception was obviously different. Here Michelle Yeoh and Luc Besson were invited to academic discussion. The University of Hong Kong explained that "the movie provides a context for us to explore the issues of democracy and freedom and the related issues of humanities" when they announced a screening including a following discussion with Luc Besson, Michelle Yeoh and Professor Ian Holliday. [76]

Release

Michelle Yeoh presenting The Lady at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011

The Lady had its world premiere on 12 September 2011 at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival.[77]

The European premiere took place when the film served as opening film of the Rome Film Festival on 27 October 2011.[78]

On 29 October 2011 it was shown as closer at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. [79]

It is distributed by EuropaCorp throughout Continental Europe.

In the UK The Lady is distributed by Entertainment Film Distributors.[33] Cohen Media Group, the U.S. distributor of the film, had a one week limited Academy Engagement theatrical run in Los Angeles on December 2nd-8th 2011. Moreover there has been an exclusive screening at the Asia Society in New York.[80]

In Germany's cinemas the film opened on March 15 as was announced when Luc Besson and Michelle Yeoh promoted the film in Berlin on January 10, 2012.[81]

Mongrel Media released the film in Canada on April 6, 2012.[82]

In Asia The Lady was closer of the International Hua Hin Film Festival where Michelle Yeoh declared she planned on visiting Burma again. [83] [84] [85] The screening had such a packed house that eventually a second screen was provided. [86]

On February 2, 2012 the film was released in Thailand and Singapore. [87] On February 3 it had its premiere in Hong Kong, followed by a theatrical release on February 9.[88]

In Burma a great number of pirated versions are distributed privately.[89]

See also

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  70. ^ O'Malley, Annabelle. "With beautiful cinematography primarily shot in Thailand and a choice soundtrack, "The Lady" is overall an engaging film that is certainly worth seeing". Asian Week. San Francisco. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  71. ^ Stratton, David. "Suu, beautifully played by Michelle Yeoh, is the epitome of grace and calm, and her long-suffering supporters follow her example". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Canberra. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  72. ^ Silverstein, Melissa. "One of the high points of the film is Michael's campaign to get Suu the Nobel Peace Prize to raise her visibility and protect her safety. He succeeded in 1991 and there is a moving scene of one of her sons accepting the award on her behalf as she listens to ceremony on a radio thousands of miles away". indieWire. New York. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  73. ^ Suryakusuma, Julia. "If you watch The Lady — the sumptuous biopic and celebration of Suu Kyi, starring Michelle Yeoh — bring a towel. I had to make do with my shawl to wipe the tears streaming down my face". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  74. ^ von Tünzelmann, Alex. "In fact, accounts of the assassination specifically mention that Aung San was seated and did not even have time to stand before the squad fired 13 bullets into him". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  75. ^ Holliday, Summer J. ""The Lady" is a synergy of the harsh reality of modern military occupation and the effect it has on parties of either side". Working Author. Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  76. ^ "the movie provides a context for us to explore the issues of democracy and freedom and the related issues of humanities". University News. Hong Kong. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  77. ^ Evans, Ian (2011). "The Lady premiere - 36th Toronto International Film Festival". DigitalHit.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  78. ^ Lyman, Eric J. (2011-08-26). "Luc Besson's 'The Lady' Named Rome Film Festival's Opening Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-04Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  79. ^ Kemp, Stuart (2011-09-28). "Luc Besson's 'The Lady,' Starring Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis to Close Doha Tribeca Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-20-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  80. ^ "The Lady recently had a special advance screening at the Asia Society in New York — the film will be commercially released in February". Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  81. ^ "French film director Luc Besson (R) and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh pose during a photocall to promote his movie "The Lady" in Berlin, January 10, 2012. The movie opens in German cinemas on March 15". Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  82. ^ "Coming soon The Lady". Retrieved 2012-1-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  83. ^ Schwankert, Steven. "The festival opened with Taiwanese epic Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale and closed with The Lady, with both director Luc Besson and star Michelle Yeoh in attendance". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  84. ^ "Suu Kyi biopic wraps Hua Hin film". Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  85. ^ MacKinnon, Ian (2011). ""The country is truly beautiful and I want to go back," said Yeoh, speaking at the inaugural Hua Hin International Film Festival, where The Lady was the closing movie". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2012-02-04Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  86. ^ "we're pleased that we had a packed house for The Lady and had to open a second screen". Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  87. ^ Frater, Patrick. "Lady scores on Singapore debut". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  88. ^ ""The Lady", the latest film by Luc Besson with Michelle Yeoh released on Feb 9". Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  89. ^ "Pirate copies of The Lady have flooded the streets of Yangon as vendors push the boundaries of new-found freedoms under a new government". Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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