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Divine Order

Monday, October 23rd, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Category
Film Festival
Film Type
Fiction
Location
Main Street Landing Black Box
60 Lake Street, 3rd floor
Burlington, Vermont

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Divine Order
Directed by Petra Volpe
Switzerland | 2017 | Fiction | 96 min | German w/English subtitles
Film Source: Zeitgeist
Awards/premier festivals: Tribeca – Best Actress and Audience Award.
New England Premiere
Sponsor: Pat Robins & Lisa Schamberg

Also showing Tuesday, October 24 at 2:15PM

Political and religious leaders in Switzerland cited the divine order as the reason why women still did not have the right to vote as late as 1970. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats and the potential end to her marriage. But, refusing to back down, she convinces the women in her village to go on strike — and, in the process, makes a few startling discoveries about her own liberation. With meticulous attention to period details, this warm, thoroughly enjoyable tale about the fight for equality is both humorous and inspirational. ~OY

 

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