Aung san suu kyi biography pdf

2011 film by Luc Besson

The Lady is a 2011 British biographical film directed by Luc Besson,^[6] starring Michelle Yeoh^[7] as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis^[8] as her late husband Michael Aris.^[9] Yeoh called the film "a labour of love" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate.^[10]

Plot

In 1947, a young Aung San Suu Kyi spends time with her father Aung San, who led Burma to independence.

Soon afterwards, he, along with a group of colleagues, is assassinated by armed men in uniform.^[11]

In 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi, now happily married with family in England, returns to Burma to see her ill mother, finding that her father is still widely remembered.

Upon visiting her mother in hospital, she meets injured patients from the Tatmadaw's crackdown in the 8888 Uprising. She realises that political change is needed in Burma and is drawn into the reform movement