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Suffragette tells the story of the ordinary British women who risked everything at the turn of the last century in the fight for equality and the right to vote.

It is the powerful and thrilling first film about the remarkable untold story of the real foot soldiers of the Suffragette movement. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalised and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. Maud was one such foot soldier. The story of her fight for dignity is as gripping and visceral as any thriller; it is also both heart-breaking and inspirational.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

BFI London Film Festival 2015
Opening film
Stockholm International Film Festival 2015
Torino Film Festival 2015

European Film Awards (EFA) 2016
Winner: European Production Designer 2016 (Alice Normington)

Releases

Spain (18 of December 2015)