The French Lieutenant's Woman movie (1981) Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: A movie is being made of a story, set in nineteenth century England, about Charles, a paleontologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna (Meryl Streep) and Mike (Jeremy Irons), who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.

Director: Karel Reisz
Writers: John Fowles, Harold Pinter, Karel Reisz
Stars: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae