The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981 · 2 hr 4 min · R

Drama, Romance

Directors

Karel Reisz

Actors

  • Meryl Streep
  • Jeremy Irons
  • Hilton McRae

Credits: 7

Summary

Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.

More about this movie

In nineteenth century England Charles, a paleontologist, is 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 (Meryl Streep) and Mike (Jeremy Irons), who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.