Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
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Carey Mulligan
Maud Watts
Helena Bonham Carter
Edith Ellyn
Brendan Gleeson
Arthur Steed
Anne-Marie Duff
Violet Miller
Meryl Streep
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ben Whishaw
Sonny Watts
Romola Garai
Alice Haughton
Samuel West
Benedict Haughton
Geoff Bell
Norman Taylor
Natalie Press
Emily Davison
Director
Sarah Gavron
Tagline
"Mothers. Daughters. Rebels."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$14,000,000
Revenue
$16,002,420
Production
Pathé, Film4 Productions, BFI, Ingenious Media, Ruby Films
Reno
April 4, 2016
> A revolution that fought within a nation, within a race, within a family. Biographical movies are always fascinating. If it is not something worthy, the movie would have not taken up the shape. It was a very good movie, and a very important historical subject. It has been 100 years since and now the world we live-in is much different and better. I think after thousands of years, now the women...
John Chard
January 2, 2019
Deeds, not words. It's a telling point in history, that of the Suffragettes, the militant women's organisations in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections. So case in point that any filmic treatments are greatly anticipated - and wanted of course, so here we have Sarah Gavron's film that is written by Abi Morgan and starri...
CinemaSerf
September 3, 2022
This is a good example of what a solid ensemble of strong women actors, coupled with an equally strong story and a creative style of direction (from Sarah Gavron) can do to illustrate really well an historical scenario. Inspired by the sparingly used Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst, this film depicts the tale of a group of women who decide that they have had enough of being put upon because of ...
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