The Iron Lady France, UK 2011 – 104min.
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Now in her 80’s and suffering from senile dementia, Margaret Thatcher reminisces about her modest social origins and her acceptance to Oxford, meeting her husband, having two children and entering into politics, of her election to the head of the British government in 1979 and her defeat in 1990. As she thinks back, the former prime minister refuses to accept the death of her adored husband, gone since 2003...
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German Switzerland: 1. March 2012
Romandie: 15. February 2012
Ticino: 27. January 2012
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simpsonb
Posted 12 years ago
I was hesitant to watch it, but thought, naah, can't be that bad, they won't be able to just turn around 11 years of "Margaret Bloody Thatcher" (quote: Brassed Off) to make them look like the success story of a woman against all odds. But hey, Lloyd/Morgan did it. The worst moment of all that historical revisionism was Maggie exiting No. 10 to the aria "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma. Miner strikes? Falklands? Poll tax? Oh, no, it's finally all about poor Maggie being stabbed in the back by Heseltine. This film is so cynical it almost made me puke.… Show more
richietto
Posted 12 years ago
For me a very moving film. Enjoyed the tears - true fact is much sadder than fiction.
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