Burmese opponent Aung San Suu Kyi has just regained her freedom there. The military junta lifted its seven-year house arrest. She spoke publicly to her activists but also to the world. The watchwords: courage, democracy and hope for Burma. In Rangoun, it is an immense joy for the supporters of democracy and freedom. Images of Aung SAN SUU KYI making a statement in the middle of a crowd of supporters and then in front of the foreign press.
The story is about Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the National League for Democracy, nicknamed "the lady", who won the parliamentary elections in Burma after 25 years of fighting the military power of her country. Aung San Suu Kyi made a short appearance at her party headquarters and remained cautious. On his facebook page, the president of the parliament, n°2 of the military regime, admits his defeat.... But by 1990, she had already won the election and the military regime had continued and she had spent more than 15 years under house arrest. A commentary on factual images, photogratographies and archival images alternates with the statements of Aung San Suu Kyi, and those of female voters.
When she was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990, Aung SAN SUU KYI, under house arrest by the Burmese military junta, was unable to come for him. Twenty-three years later, the Burmese opponent, who spent 15 years deprived of his liberty, received his prize in person at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Statements by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on images of the award and her political career.
A non-violent opposition to his country’s military dictatorship, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has been under pressure from the Burmese government for 10 years. Interviewed clandestinely, she denounces the living conditions of the opponents and affirms her determination in the fight for freedom as did Nelson Mandela.