The film adaptation based on the true story of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi ...
The film adaptation based on the true story of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi . Aung San Suu Kyi ( played by Michelle Yeoh ) three-year-old when her father led the Burma Independence Army in July 19, 1947 assassination . Grow up , Suu Kyi leaves home to the University of Oxford study , where he met her husband Mike - Aris ( David - played by Thewlis ) , gave birth to two children , and lived a happy and comfortable life . One night in 1988 , Suu Kyi received a phone call from Myanmar , learned that her mother suffered a stroke . This led her to have in later years , once again set foot on their native land , in the face of the sad memories . At that time, are catching up with the Burmese regime changes , crowds took to the streets the procession . Suu Kyi witnessed in the hospital to the local soldiers opened fire on student demonstrators , and very public deaths and injuries . This awakened the desire of her heart to the democratic regime . Many retired military officers recognize the father of Suu Kyi and resist those who have invited her to lead the democracy movement , she also decided to inherit his father's mantle , to complete his unfinished business . In August the same year , Suu Kyi in Yangon, nearly one million before the mass rally , published her first speech . Subsequently, she founded its own political party won the election , but the military government canceled the poll results, and coercion by force of Suu Kyi a ...
