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- 2015
- Sarah Gavron
- 101 mins
- 12A
Summary
Historical drama starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep. London, 1912: women campaigning for the right to vote are forced into increasingly desperate acts as the state continues to brutalise and oppress them. The struggle draws women from all walks of life to the female ranks, from seasoned political activist Emmeline Pankhurst to simple laundry worker Maud Watts.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Emma Simmonds
Director Sarah Gavron and writer Abi Morgan beat their feminist drum proudly as they bring to screen the fight for the female vote. Suffragette centres on a group of largely fictional women, although Meryl Streep appears as Emmeline Pankhurst. Beginning in London in 1912 during the escalating civil disobedience, we follow a wrung-out laundress (Carey Mulligan), her feisty colleague (Anne-Marie Duff) and the local ringleader (Helena Bonham Carter). The film illustrates the scale of their oppression, their hope that things could be different, and what forces they were up against. Eschewing the conventions of period drama, the movie benefits from fluid, naturalistic visuals and a respectfully sombre hue. It's rousing and heart-stopping, yet forgoes some brutality to reach a wide audience, with the fidgety camera relaying the fear and frenzy but masking the violence. There are real women's stories here that intersect too briefly but Suffragette is an inspiring introduction to a chapter of history that's been disgracefully ignored. It's a tale that remains woefully relevant and in the hands of these film-makers becomes, finally, unforgettable.
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rolenameMaud WattsCarey MulliganEdith EllynHelena Bonham CarterEmmeline PankhurstMeryl StreepInspector Arthur SteedBrendan GleesonViolet MillerAnne-Marie DuffSonny WattsBen WhishawAlice HaughtonRomola GaraiBenedict HaughtonSamuel WestNorman TaylorGeoff BellEmily Wilding DavisonNatalie PressDavid Lloyd GeorgeAdrian Schiller
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rolenameDirectorSarah Gavron
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Theatrical distributor
20th Century Fox
Released on
2015-10-12
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing, a sex scene.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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