Suffragette

An important film that should be seen by all, but especially by young women who are complacent about the rights that they freely exercise in today’s society. Moreover, I recommend to anyone with young women under 30 in their entourage, to encourage them to see this movie.

The long march for equality of women in the World has only recently come to fruition and still, is not over. For example, it was only in 1940, by taking advantage of a 4-year break in the stifling reign of Maurice Duplessis, that Godbout liberals granted the right to vote to women in Quebec. That was only 75 years ago. In fact Québec was last Canadian province to do so. The movement of the Suffragettes began barely a century ago. That's like yesterday. To put this in perspective, this year I lost a dear aunt of mine, a remarkable and independent woman who lived all this evolution very personally. She was 104 years old.

Coming back to the film, it is an intimate story, somewhat romanticized, but makes us feel the pain and suffering experienced by these women determined to carry out this quest for equality, in a very personal way. The Eastend of 1910 London is depicted with great realism. This poverty and vulnerability are quite poignant.

Suffragette reminds us that hard-won rights remain, O so fragile.