Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - she is from Malaysia) plays the real life Aung San Suu Kyi. She lead a non-violent campaign in her country of Rangoon/Burma/Myanmar to force the military regime to allow elections. The movie shows her side and her husband's side of the events that lead to modern times. It was a bit long and honestly David Thewlis (Harry Potter) kind of got on my nerves. You kind of have to have some idea of what has been going on there to understand some stuff, but the movie is a bit more about the couple rather than the struggle. I think Desmond TuTu played himself. What a coincidence also: Luc Besson directed this - who says all he can do is action. All in all, I say: RENT IT.
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