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Suffragette
Sarah Gavron
(2015)
101min
12 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
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.
Summary
A woman joins a campaign to gain the right to vote in 1912. She and her allies find their peaceful protests accomplishing little in the face of an unwavering state, so resort to increasingly violent measures, risking everything they have in the pursuit of political justice. Period drama, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff and Meryl Streep.
Cast & Crew
Maud Watts
Carey Mulligan
Edith Ellyn
Helena Bonham Carter
Violet Miller
Anne-Marie Duff
Emmeline Pankhurst
Meryl Streep
Alice Haughton
Romola Garai
Insp Arthur Steed
Brendan Gleeson
Sonny Watts
Ben Whishaw
David Lloyd George
Adrian Schiller
Director
Sarah Gavron
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
20th Century Fox
Guidance:
Violence, swearing.
Available on:
DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
12 Oct 2015
Drama
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