Title: Suffragette
Original Title: Suffragette
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 106 Minutes (1 hour 46 min)
- Budget: €14,000,000
- Genre: Drama History
- Studios: Film4 Pathé
- Distributor: DeAPlaneta
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: October 12 2015
- United States: October 23 2015
Plot
Sarah Gavron directs Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in 'Suffragette', a historic drama focused on the fight for equal voting in United Kingdom. Maude, Carey Mulligan's character, lives her life being nearly nothing for being a woman. She doesn't think things could be different, until she meets a group of women who fight for their right to vote. They are willing to loose everything for dignity and equality in the elections. Gavron, director known for films like 'Village at the End of the World', 'Brick Lane' or 'This Little Life', based her work on a script by Abi Morgan to shape this film that is already a favorite for Oscar 2016.
Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson and Romola Garai also appear in this film.
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June 3 2015
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Trivia
This was the first film that was allowed to be shot in the British Houses of Parliament since the 1950s.
Helena Bonham Carter is the great-granddaughter of H.H. Asquith, who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916, during the height of the suffrage movement. He was a staunch opponent of votes for women.
Helen Pankhurst, the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep in 'Suffragette'), and her daughter Laura have small roles in the film.
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