The Divine Order (2017)

In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.

Director:

Petra Biondina Volpe (as Petra Volpe)

Writer:

Petra Biondina Volpe (as Petra Volpe)

Stars:

Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig

13 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marie Leuenberger	...	Nora
Maximilian Simonischek	...	Hans (as Max Simonischek)
Rachel Braunschweig	...	Theresa
Sibylle Brunner	...	Vroni
Marta Zoffoli	...	Graziella
Bettina Stucky	...	Magda
Noe Krejcí	...	Max
Finn Sutter	...	Luki
Peter Freiburghaus	...	Gottfried
Therese Affolter	...	Dr. Charlotte Wipf
Ella Rumpf	...	Hanna
Nicholas Ofczarek	...	Werner
Sofia Helin	...	Indra
Elias Arens	...	Küde
Mirjam Zbinden	...	Trudi

Storyline

Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband, their two sons and her father-in-law in a little village. Here, in the Swiss countryside, little or nothing is felt of the huge social upheavals that the movement of May 1968 has caused. Nora's life, too, has been unaffected; she is a retiring, quiet person, well liked by everyone - until she begins to campaign publicly and pugnaciously for women's right to vote, an issue that will be put before the male voters on February 7th, 1971.

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Plot Keywords:

triple f rated | feminism | f rated | year 1971 | written by director | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Switzerland's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards.

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Soundtracks

Respect
Written by Otis Redding (uncredited)
Performed by Aretha Franklin

User Reviews

Perfect mirrow of the life in small villages in the 70ies

What a movie. Once again Marie Leuenberger proved how varialbe her acting is. Like in "Die Standesbeamtin" she got the leading role here but this time it isn't her character which got all of the focus and it is good that it isn't. This movie is about the women back then and how they were treaten by their husbands. I knew worse tbh. I was a child back then but I remember well how my father acted and compared to what they portray in this movie, the movie isn't hard enough. It is diplomatic and portrays the men with a lot of mercy. But this is good for the entertainment. For those who think equality and the right to vote for women is usual this movie is a good reminder of how things were only a couple of years ago. When people rant about feminism, let them watch this. Without all these women who faught for later generations we still would be married to ugly old men, had no right to work or vote, had no right over our lives. This movie here is only one testimony and therefor important. It is not a documentary but it's telling a lot of how things were. I loved it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Switzerland] Zodiac Pictures [Switzerland]

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

Swiss German German English Italian

Release Date:

27 October 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Divine Order

Filming Locations:

Trogen, Kanton, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland

Box Office

Gross USA:

$76,277

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$195,081

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zodiac Pictures, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), SRG - SSR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1