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The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

6.4/ 10

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1981

Release Year

124 min

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Drama
Romance
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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.

Keywords

adultery
based on novel or book
lieutenant
love
tragedy
dorset

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 17, 2025

7
7/10

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 century woman liv

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