Aung San Suu Kyi – Lady of no Fear

Monday October 3rd 2011 | 20.30
De Balie | Kleine zaal 
English spoken | Dutch subtitles
In combination with Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden 
 

Denmark - 60 minuten – 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi is known first and foremost as the political opposition leader at the centre of 20 years of social unrest and turmoil in Burma. For fifteen years she has been held under house arrest and has had minimal contact with her family and closest relations.


Lady of No Fear offers a close-up of the freedom fighting woman Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband Dr. Michael Aris. Together they have given up their normal life and marriage for the cause of freedom in Burma. She comes across as charming, determined and stoical in her decision to fight for her country at the expense of being with her family. The focus is on the personal consequences of such powerful idealism and conviction that the current regime can be toppled by peaceful means.

The film is a tribute to the woman at the heart of the rebellion, her steadfast husband and supporter, and not least to Ghandi's vision of non-violent civic resistance.


Director: Anne Gyrithe Bonne
With: Aung San Suu Kyi, Micheal Aris, Alexander Aris, Kim Aris, Peter Carey, Lady Gore-Booth, Ann Pasternak Slater, Suzanne Hoelgaard a.o.
Producer: Helle Ulsteen
Cinematographers: Erik Molberg Hansen, Anne Gyrithe Bonne
Sound: Povl Kristian Mortensen
Editor: Ghita Beckendorff
Research: Mette Wichmand, Anne Gyrithe Bonne
Produced by: Kamoli Films ApS
Co-produced by: Babeth M. VanLoo, Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation
in association with: RDI/Radio Canada, RSI, SF, RTÉ
© 2010 Kamoli Films ApS