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Suffragette (2015) by Sarah Gavron
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Never piss off Ernest Hemingway. And never ever challenge his masculinity. It's that old war wound of his, you know. He’s always compensating.

Women in Britain pressure the government for equal rights in wages and job opportunities. Just when there seems a glimmer of hope, some of the women voice their desire to become bullfighters. Catching wind of this, Earnest Hemingway promptly puts aside his pen, books a flight to London, and is soon the main enforcer for the British government in its brutal repression of the suffragettes. Summoning his considerable boxing skills, he lays out flat one babe after another, until the suffragette gatherings begin to resemble a bowling alley with a bowling ball knocking down pins.

Julia Child is the leader-in-hiding of the suffragettes. She appears on balconies at secretive locations about the city to deliver rousing speeches consisting mostly of vegetarian recipes.

Things come to a head when one suffragette decides to compete in the Derby Stakes -- not as a jockey but as a runner, competing on foot against the horses. That climactic race combines all the drama of Secretariat, Sea Biscuit and Man o' War into one hoof-pounding...

But no, it wouldn’t be appropriate to say more and spoil the movie for you.

Catch this one fast, as it has a fleet-footed feel to it.
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...LCF's review must be posted here too: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1264">http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/art ... ticle=1264</a><!-- m -->
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Sword fights?
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit
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A big thank you to DM for the screener. It was an interesting gathering. At the end, Lady Cranefly and I got trapped by little old white-haired ladies wanting to discuss the film. Okay, not exactly trapped. Some of the ladies felt it wasn't enough to just see the movie; there should have been a group discussion afterwards.

Anyway, I do think the film sends a very important message that, given a certain level of repression, violent uprisings are necessary. There is even a good argument for terrorist acts being warranted.

As for sword fights, well, I wish. Hemingway kept punching the swords onto rooftops even as women drew them from scabbards. He can be a quick son of a bitch when he's riled.

Oh, and apologies for posting this review under DVDs. It should have gone under Movies. I mean, we were in an actual theater!
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