Die Göttliche Ordnung (2017)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 96 minuten
Alternative title: The Divine Order
Country:
Switzerland
Directed by: Petra Biondina Volpe
Stars: Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek and Rachel Braunschweig
IMDb score:
7,1 (3.308)
Releasedate: 9 March 2017
Die Göttliche Ordnung plot
Switzerland, 1971. Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives in a quiet village with her husband and their two sons. Here, in the Swiss countryside, they understand little of the enormous social unrest caused by the May 1968 movement. Nora's life hasn't changed either. She is loved by everyone until she openly and combatively starts to stand up for the right to vote for women. The issue will be put to the male voters on February 7, 1971.
Actors and actresses
Nora
Graziella
Magda
Theresa
Vroni
Max
Luki
Gottfried
Dr. Charlotte Wipf
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 11659 messages
- 10059 votes
The Swiss referendum on suffrage for women in 1971 forms the background for this, at first glance, quite predictable comic drama, but it has a surprising amount of depth and plenty of surprises. Nora [Marie Leuenberg] is a simple housewife in a Swiss village that has been ignored by the social and sexual revolution of the 1960s. She would like to have a paid job, but her husband [Maximilian Simonischek] forbids it so that Nora remains stuck in the prevailing 'divine order'. But when she sees how her sister [Rachel Braunschweig] silently allows his husband to place their daughter [Ella Rumpf] in an institution and the most prominent (and most powerful) woman in the village [Therese Affolter] campaigns against women's suffrage, she decides to go against the divine order for the first time. Her act of passive resistance earns her the support of Vroni [Sibylle Brunner], an elderly woman who had to passively watch as her husband ruined the village café and the money they earned from it. Meeting Graziella [Marta Zoffoli] and a secret trip to a demonstration in Zurich make Nora decide to openly campaign for suffrage with the help of her friends.
Strongly cast drama with comedic elements, especially excels in the way it portrays the supporting roles. Nora's husband turns out not to be a caricatured anti-feminist and is one of the most interesting characters in this film. Moreover, the ladies themselves appear to be less easy to understand than would be the case in a completely formulaic film. Fortunately, Petra Biondina Volpe takes the subject seriously, so it never falls into comedy - apart from a visit to a hippie workshop - and it never becomes heavy-handed. An excellent mix in an interesting and entertaining film.
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scorsese
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- 13239 messages
- 11129 votes
Good film about a housewife in the countryside in Switzerland who fights for women's suffrage. The film is set in 1971 and gives an excellent impression of the time. The film clearly shows how social changes are preceded by difficult changes in mindset. Perhaps a little too much within the lines, but entertaining from start to finish. Easily 3.5 stars.
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wendyvortex
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- 5196 messages
- 7279 votes
What's not to like. Film with a laugh and a tear, a small film too, but very well done. Set in the year I was born. 1971 and in Switzerland a referendum is held on whether or not women have the right to vote. 1971?? You mean 1917 or something??? Those Swiss men had voted against it in 1959. In this film, a small village is in turmoil as a result of the referendum. You'll just have to see for yourself how it all goes. Only since 1990 has the whole of Switzerland had universal suffrage for women. They have a nice language there, German with an almost Dutch accent.
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