The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

Directed by

Karel Reisz

Genre

drama film, romance film, historical drama

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 244 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Victorian-era love story between a gentleman and a mysterious outcast woman with a scandalous past. Their affair is complicated by social conventions and their own internal conflicts.

romanticmelancholicbittersweetslow-burnintimateperiodintrospectivepoignant

What happens

The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1981 British romantic drama film directed by Karel Reisz, produced by Leon Clore, and adapted by the playwright Harold Pinter. It is based on The French Lieutenant's Woman, a 1969 novel by John Fowles. The music score is by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Freddie Francis. The film stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Other featured actors include Hilton McRae, Peter Vaughan, Colin Jeavons, Liz Smith, Patience Collier, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Alun Armstrong, Penelope Wilton, and Leo McKern. The film received five Oscar nominations. Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Pinter for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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