Inspired by real events, Mulligan plays Maud, a working wife and mother who is recruited by the women's suffragette movement in the U.K. Meryl Streep plays Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the women's rebellion and the film also co-stars Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson and Anne - Marie Duff. (awardswatch.com)
The sentiment was underscored by Joanna Lumley, who as the ceremony's first solo female host pointed out that exactly 100 years ago, the historic building had hosted the women of the British suffragette movement, whom she noted «laid the groundwork» for Time's Up and led to this moment, which is about «the determination to eradicate the abuse of women the world over.» (latimes.com)
Jennifer Merin: Switzerland's entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar is a compelling political drama set in 1971 in a quaint rural village where Nora (Marie Leuenberger), a conventional housewife and mother, facing gender oppression on every front, champions a burgeoning suffragette movement that challenges political and religious leaders who cited the Divine Order as reason to keep women in their place. (awfj.org)