Here, director Petra Biondina Volpe takes audiences back to 1971, where women in Switzerland are still not able to vote. Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is a housewife in a remote Swiss village who at first seems content with her role as caretaker of the men around here, though gradually the mask begins to crack and she grows more and more intolerant of the injustices women around her. Having had enough, Nora then begins to rally the women of her little village to join her cause and fight for the right of women to vote.
The various women who join her include restaurant owner Vroni (Sibylle Brunner), who was not allowed to handle the funds to save her restaurant from bankruptcy, the Italian Graziella (Marta Zoffoli) a single and fashionable woman and Nora’s sister, Theresa (Rachel Braunschweig) who’s daughter Hannah is being sent to prison because of her dating a man with longer hair. These women face massive backlash not only from the men of their community but other woman as well, how view equality of the sexes as being against the “Divine Order.”
Since its release on October 27, 2017 in US cinemas the film has gone on to win various awards, include the San Diego International Film Festival’s ‘Best Global Cinema’ award.
The Panorama of the European Film Festival will run from November 8 until November 18 and is aimed at bringing Europe’s rich cinematic lineage to Egyptian audiences.
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