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French Lieutenant's Woman (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 124 mins

  • Director: Karel Reisz
  • Writer: John Fowles; Harold Pinter
  • Producer: Leon Clore; Geoffrey Helman

CGiii Comment

A fine and clever adaptation of a fine book.

The tone is perfect - the performances intense.

Quality - with very minor CGiii interest...but, supposedly, there is a huge amount of subtext.

However, there is a little poof that pops in at the very end...


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The(ir) Blurb...

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna and Mike, who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the film, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.

Cast & Characters

Meryl Streep as Sarah / Anna;
Jeremy Irons as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike;
Hilton McRae as Sam;
Emily Morgan as Mary;
Charlotte Mitchell as Mrs. Tranter;
Lynsey Baxter as Ernestina;
Jean Faulds as Cook;
Peter Vaughan as Mr. Freeman;
Colin Jeavons as Vicar;
Liz Smith as Mrs. Fairley;
Patience Collier as Mrs. Poulteney;
John Barrett as Dairyman;
Leo McKern as Dr. Grogan;
Arabella Weir as Girl on undercliff;
Ben Forster as Boy on undercliff