The Iron Lady

Synopsis

"Further flashbacks examine historical events during her time as Prime Minister, after winning the 1979 general election, including the rising unemployment related to her monetarist policies and the tight 1981 budget (over the misgivings of "wet" members of her Cabinet – Ian Gilmour, Francis Pym, Michael Heseltine, and Jim Prior), the 1981 Brixton riot, the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, and the bombing in Brighton of the Grand Hotel during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference, when she and Denis were almost killed. We also see (slightly out of chronological sequence) her decision to retake the Falkland Islands following the islands' invasion by Argentina in 1982, the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano and Britain's subsequent victory in the Falklands War, her friendship with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and emergence as a world figure, and the economic boom of the late 1980s." [Wikipedia]
"Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny." [Margaret Thatcher]
An amazing performance by Meryl Streep to look into the character of Margaret Thatcher, who has flash backs to her life as the daughter of the owners of a family grocery, a politician, and then the first female Prime Minister of the Britain. We see her parents' support as she is accepted at Oxford and the love affair with her long-term husband, but where does she get the courage to take on the challenging economic problems and to lead the country to victory in the Falkands War? On her first day as Prime Minister, as she prepares to go into her office on 10 Downing Street, she recites this prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: "Lord make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy."

Genre

Historical

Released

2011

Location

British Isles

Period

Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-90;

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