1981. Meryl Streep. Jeremy Irons. A complex story of an English gentleman of the Victorian era falling in love with a fallen woman Ms Woodruff, who is known only as the French Lieutenant's Woman. Turns out that the enigmatic woman is neither a fallen woman nor a whore, but someone who lives life on her own terms. Smithson is drawn to her inexorably, even breaking off his engagement to a rich lady whose father almost brings him to social disgrace. The enigmatic Woodruff disappears leaving Smithson high and dry.
Smithson searches for her and places newspaper advertisements but gets no response. After three years however he does get a response from her, meets her, and they reconcile and live happily ever after.
Parallelly a contemporary couple who are playing lead parts of the same story in a movie are also in an affair, though they are both married. Irons wants to continue their liaison but Streep walks away.
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