Sinopsis
Fiction. In 1971 Swiss women still don’t have the right to vote. Nora is a young housewife and mother of two who lives in a small Swiss farming village. She is a quiet and popular person. When her husband forbids her to accept a part-time job her frustration makes her become the leader of the movement for women’s suffrage in her town. Her notoriety entails humiliation, threats and the possible end of her marriage, but she refuses to give up and convinces the rest of the, initially reluctant women, to go on strike, affecting the quiet lives of the village. Meanwhile, Nora will discover through her liberation unsuspected aspects of herself.
Screenwriter and director Petra Volpe studied at the Konrad Wolf Film Academy in Potsdam Babelsberg. During her studies, she wrote and directed several short films. Since graduating in 2003, she has worked as a scriptwriter and as an independent director. Petra Volpe lives between Berlin and New York. Her first feature film, Dreamland, premiered in Swiss cinemas in the spring of 2014 after a successful festival tour, and was nominated for four awards from the Swiss Film Academy.
March, 27th 2019. 4 pm
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
Section: Focus Switzerland
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 96′
Country: Switzerland
Languages: German, English and Italian
Director: Petra Volpe
Cast: Marie Leuenberger, Max Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Peter Freiburghaus, Therese Affolter
Producers: Reto Schaerli and Lukas Hobi
Production Company: Zodiac Pictures International
International Sales: Surtsey Films
Main festivals: Locarno Film Festival and Tribeca Film FestivalTrailer
