# The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

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**Runtime**: 124 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance, History
**Directed by**: Karel Reisz
**Written by**: Harold Pinter
**Starring**: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Lynsey Baxter, Emily Morgan, Penelope Wilton

> *She was lost from the moment she saw him.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A film that keeps two affairs in play at once. In a costume drama of the moment, actors playing 19th-century lovers can’t resist the script’s romance. Keeping the stage romance separate from their own was the trickier role.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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