The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
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Directors
Karel Reisz
Cast
Meryl Streep, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell, Lynsey Baxter
The story
The film intercuts the stories of two romantic affairs. One is within a Victorian period drama involving a gentleman palaeontologist, Charles Smithson, and the complex and troubled Sarah Woodruff, known as "the French lieutenant's woman". The other affair is between the actors Mike and Anna, playing the lead roles in a modern filming of the story.
Genres
Romantic Drama, drama film, historical drama, romance film
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