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The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

Drama, Romantic, Historical | UK

Director: Karel Reisz

Great! Movies Classic | Saturday 27 June 2020 | 23:50

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Rating: 6.9/10

User rating: 7.8/10
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SYNOPSIS

A movie is being made of a story, set in nineteenth century England, about Charles, a paleontologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna (Meryl Streep) and Mike (Jeremy Irons), who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.

Actors

Writer: John Fowles, Harold Pinter

Producer: Leon Clore, Geoffrey Helman

RUNTIME: 124 min

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