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Suffragette

Mothers. Daughters. REBELS.●Release year: 2015.

●Country: United Kingdom.

●Runtime: 106 min.

●Director: Sarah Gavron.

●Original music composer: Alexander Desplat.

●Director of Photography: Eduard Grau.

●Genre: Drama, History.

●Starring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson.

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After watching the film...

1. In the beginning, the main character (Maud) seemed reluctant to join the Suffragist movement.

What made her change her mind?

In the beginning, she didn't In the beginning, she didn't want to participate in the want to participate in the Suffragist movement Suffragist movement because she thought she because she thought she couldn't change her life. All couldn't change her life. All her life she had thought her life she had thought women were inferior to men women were inferior to men but when she saw a woman but when she saw a woman saying things about the saying things about the vote for women she started vote for women she started to think different. Finally to think different. Finally she joined the movement she joined the movement because her employer tried because her employer tried to abuse Violet's daughter.to abuse Violet's daughter.


2. Were Suffragettes only middle-class women? Or was it a cross-class movement? Justify your answer

using examples from the film.

It was a cross-class It was a cross-class movement because movement because some women were of some women were of the high class, for the high class, for example, Alice example, Alice Haughton and Haughton and Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline Pankhurst. The social class didn't The social class didn't matter, the important matter, the important thing was the fight fot thing was the fight fot the women's vote.the women's vote.


3. When the women in prison are released, can you see any difference because of their social status?

Justify your answer.First of all, Alice First of all, Alice Haughton, who was rich, Haughton, who was rich, didn't go to prison didn't go to prison because she could pay because she could pay the bail. But I think that the bail. But I think that when the women were when the women were released, there weren't released, there weren't any differences. There any differences. There were always a car that were always a car that took some of them, took some of them, maybe the rich but I maybe the rich but I don't know, and some don't know, and some women were waiting for women were waiting for them at the door. The them at the door. The husband of one of them husband of one of them were waiting for her too.were waiting for her too.

“I would rather be a rebel than a

slave.”


4. What personal and family related consequences does the fact of joining the Suffragist movement

entail for Maud?

When Maud joined When Maud joined the Suffragist the Suffragist movement, her movement, her husband got angry husband got angry with her because all with her because all men laughed at him men laughed at him at work. Also she at work. Also she couldn't feed her son couldn't feed her son because sometimes because sometimes she was in prison.she was in prison.


5. The film shows some violent actions.

a. What types of planned violent actions are shown in the film? And not planned?

Some violent actions Some violent actions were planned, for were planned, for example, the stone example, the stone throwing at the shop throwing at the shop windows or the fire in windows or the fire in Lloyd George's Lloyd George's summer house.summer house.

Other violent actions Other violent actions were not planned, for were not planned, for example, the assault example, the assault of policemen to the of policemen to the suffragettes or the suffragettes or the assault of Maud to assault of Maud to her employer.her employer.



b. Can it be said Suffragettes did not want any personal harm and casualties as a result of their actions? Give

examples.

They did not want any They did not want any casualties because they casualties because they were careful about it (they were careful about it (they made the bomb explode in made the bomb explode in Lloyd's George summer Lloyd's George summer house once they had house once they had made sure there was made sure there was nobody living there).nobody living there).



c. During one of the conversations which Maud has with the police inspector, what is the reason given by Maud to

justify the use of violence?

““War is the only language War is the only language men listen to”men listen to”, said Maud , said Maud to the police inspector to to the police inspector to justify the use of violence.justify the use of violence.



d. What situations of explicit and implicit violence against women are shown in the film?

Explicit.Explicit. The assault The assault of policemen to of policemen to Suffragettes and the Suffragettes and the violent actions of violent actions of policemen to women policemen to women who were in prision.who were in prision.

Implicit.Implicit. The abuse The abuse of some women like of some women like her and Violet's her and Violet's daughter by their daughter by their employer.employer.


6. Describe the attitude towards suffragism and towards women shown by some of the

men that appear in the film:

a. Sonny, Maud's husband. He supported suffragism He supported suffragism but didn't want Maud to participate in it.but didn't want Maud to participate in it.

b. Pharmacist's husband. He supported all the He supported all the movement of women and he went with them all the time.movement of women and he went with them all the time.

c. Mr. Steed, the police inspector. He supported He supported women equality but didn't support Suffragettes and women equality but didn't support Suffragettes and

fought against them.fought against them.


6. Describe the attitude towards suffragism and towards women shown by some of the

men that appear in the film:

d. Lloyd George. It seemed that he was in favour of he was in favour of suffragism but in the end Suffragettes thought he had lied suffragism but in the end Suffragettes thought he had lied

to them.to them.

e. Alice Haughton's husband. He supported her wife in He supported her wife in the beginning but things but then he changed her mind the beginning but things but then he changed her mind

and he made his wife not continue with suffragism.and he made his wife not continue with suffragism.

f. Mr. Taylor. He didn't respect women at laughed at He didn't respect women at laughed at women who fought for women's vote.women who fought for women's vote.


7. The hard working conditions of the time are shown in the film. Give examples to justify that in the

laundry these conditions were worse for women than they were for men.

In fact, the In fact, the employer gave employer gave much more money much more money to men than to to men than to women. The women. The employer abused employer abused young women. young women. Finally, women Finally, women worked more hours worked more hours inside the laundry inside the laundry than men did.than men did.


8. At the end of the film you can see a real incident which marked a turning point in the history of the

Suffragist movement . What was it and why was it so controversial?

At the end of the film, At the end of the film, Maud and Emily went to Maud and Emily went to the “Derby” and there, the “Derby” and there, they wanted to put a flag they wanted to put a flag with “Vote for women” with “Vote for women” around the neck of the around the neck of the prince's horse. Emily tried prince's horse. Emily tried to do so and the horse to do so and the horse killed her. It was so killed her. It was so controversial because controversial because Emily died so now all Emily died so now all people were interested in people were interested in Suffragettes.Suffragettes.


9. The film ends by revealing women's rights were recognized in Britain in 1923. Scrolling text reveal other

countries who followed suit to the present day. When were Spanish women granted this right? And why was it

suspended short time after?

In Spain, women In Spain, women could vote in could vote in 1931 but then, it 1931 but then, it was suspended was suspended because of the because of the dictatorship of dictatorship of Franco.Franco.

If we want to advance we need feminism.If we want to advance we need feminism.I can't believe machismo and patriarchy still I can't believe machismo and patriarchy still exist in our society and in our life. I dream a exist in our society and in our life. I dream a world where I won't feel less than a man. I world where I won't feel less than a man. I

dream a world where people won't tell me what dream a world where people won't tell me what to do with my body or that I'm a bitch for to do with my body or that I'm a bitch for

believing in free love.believing in free love.I can't believe there are people who love I can't believe there are people who love

machism and women who support machismo. machism and women who support machismo. You are a woman, why do you think you are You are a woman, why do you think you are

less than a man???less than a man???I can't believe there are thousands of women I can't believe there are thousands of women killed by her husbands every single year. Why killed by her husbands every single year. Why do I have to live in this world? Why do women do I have to live in this world? Why do women

have to live in her own blood?have to live in her own blood?From the first Suffragette to the last From the first Suffragette to the last

Suffragette. Thanks for making the fight a little Suffragette. Thanks for making the fight a little bit easier. I will never fall down. I will never bit easier. I will never fall down. I will never

give up.give up.

María Padilla Domínguez, 4ºA.María Padilla Domínguez, 4ºA.

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