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The French Lieutenant's Woman(Movie, 1981)

2h 4min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
The French Lieutenant's WomanRating: 3.2/5 (with 8686 votes)
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, Alu..."> ()
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Awards & Nominations for The French Lieutenant's Woman

BAFTA Award for Best Sound BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Production Design Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

About The French Lieutenant's Woman

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: England
Based on the work of: John Fowles ("The French Lieutenant's Woman")
Made by: Juniper Films
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/11/1982 (World premiere: 08/28/1981)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Mulher do Tenente Francês"
"Den Franske Løjtnants Kvinde"
"La mujer del teniente francés"
"La maîtresse du lieutenant francais"
"La donna del tenente francese"
Revenue: 2,689,068 USD

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