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Droitwich Spa Advertiser, April 28, 2012
...of her loved ones. Thewlis delivers a similarly rousing performance but Luc Besson's direction is uninspired, and Rebecca Frayn's script is occasionally hampered by cryptic musings on the human condition: "A saint is only a sinner that keeps on trying."...
Chicago Daily Herald, April 19, 2012
...winds up unable to return to her British home and be with her family. ?The Lady? took screenwriter Rebecca Frayn three years to construct from people who knew the real Kyi, who probably had more depth than the graceful, platitude-spouting messiah figure...
KUNC 91.5 FM, March 7, 2012
...the junta that rules Myanmar to this day. "She chooses her country. It was an extraordinary personal sacrifice." Rebecca Frayn, the author of Newsweek's article, is also the screenwriter of The Lady, a film directed by Luc Besson about Suu Kyi. "Rebecca...
Suite101.com, February 28, 2012
...the film The Lady. The film was produced and directed by Luc Besson, and the screenplay was by Rebecca Frayn. Michelle Yeoh played Ms. Suu Kyi opposite David Thewlis as husband, Michael Aris. Johnathan Woodhouse and Jonathan Raggett played sons Alexander...
Croydon Guardian, December 30, 2011
...in November 2010, when she was finally released, Kyi had not seen her children for 10 years. Screenwriter Rebecca Frayn interviewed the people closest to Kyi and over the course of three years, she crafted the script for this fascinating tale of one...
Westmorland Gazette, December 30, 2011
...in November 2010, when she was finally released, Kyi had not seen her children for 10 years. Screenwriter Rebecca Frayn interviewed the people closest to Kyi and over the course of three years, she crafted the script for this fascinating tale of one...
East Lothian Today, November 10, 2011
...New Year. Biographer Claire Tomalin outlined her recently published book on Dickens, while father and daughter Michael and Rebecca Frayn discussed their work. Politician Alistair Darling gave his opinion on the current global financial crisis to a packed...
Pop Matters, April 20, 2012
...ways that range from sleazy to reverential. The Lady falls squarely into the latter category. Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn approach Suu Kyi’s life by the most direct route. Apart from a few, almost tentative, stabs at time shifts in the...
Pop Matters, April 20, 2012
...ways that range from sleazy to reverential. The Lady falls squarely into the latter category. Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn approach Suu Kyi’s life by the most direct route. Apart from a few, almost tentative, stabs at time shifts in the...
Washington Post, April 20, 2012
...silly," she replied. "I don't go in for melodrama." Well, director Luc Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn sure do. " ," their biopic of Suu Kyi, is a heavy-handed attempt to sanctify one of the most dignified and uncompromising politicians and human...
Chicago Daily Herald, April 19, 2012
...winds up unable to return to her British home and be with her family. ?The Lady? took screenwriter Rebecca Frayn three years to construct from people who knew the real Kyi, who probably had more depth than the graceful, platitude-spouting messiah figure...
NOLA Live, April 19, 2012
...silly," she replied. "I don't go in for melodrama." Well, director Luc Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn sure do. "The Lady," their biopic of Suu Kyi, is a heavy-handed attempt to sanctify one of the most dignified and uncompromising politicians and...
Filmink, April 19, 2012
...the director's chair." Although he usually prefers to write the films that he chooses to direct, Rebecca Frayn's script for The Lady proved irresistible. "It's about passion and love," Besson says. "We all fell in love with the story from the script....
Chicago Daily Herald, April 19, 2012
...winds up unable to return to her British home and be with her family. ?The Lady? took screenwriter Rebecca Frayn three years to construct from people who knew the real Kyi, who probably had more depth than the graceful, platitude-spouting messiah figure...
