RThe French Lieutenant's Woman

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IMDB (16,224 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 124 mins
Drama, Romance, History
The French Lieutenant's Woman

Overview:
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.

Status: Released (1981-08-28)
Awards:Nominated for 5 Oscars. 11 wins & 20 nominations total
BoxOffice:$26,890,068
Screen:John Fowles, Harold Pinter, Karel Reisz
Productions: Juniper Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
The French Lieutenant's Woman
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Usually if there are two separate timelines featured in a story, the director tries to ensure that we cannot readily distinguish between one that might be true and one that might be artificial. It's the complete opposite that really works well here as we mingle the story of an 18th c ....

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