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  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary In 1971 Switzerland, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women are still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette movement. Her ne...

Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe

Written By: Petra Biondina Volpe

  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 36 m

The Divine Order

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary In 1971 Switzerland, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women are still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette movement. Her ne...

Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe

Written By: Petra Biondina Volpe

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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12 Reviews
25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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85
Oct 24, 2017
Volpe’s specificity with each characterization, including many of the men, humanizes what would otherwise be an issue-driven movie, and lends it an immediacy and resonance that fuels audience sympathies, not to mention understanding.
By Todd Gilchrist FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 28, 2017
The movie still holds power, mostly thanks to Leuenberger’s arresting, self-contained performance as Nora. She plays the character as an enigma, the last person you’d expect to lead a cause.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 3, 2017
The Divine Order plays up the fun of feminist empowerment with its anthems (You Don't Own Me, Respect), and lightens the tension with a modern-woman makeover for Nora.
By Julia Cooper FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 26, 2017
The Divine Order (Die Goettliche Ordnung) is an entertaining, if largely predictable, story of an individual swept up in the tide of history.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 29, 2017
Though the film’s feel-good construction undercuts its ability to surprise, Petra Volpe’s cine-history lesson remains a mainstream crowd-pleaser adept at inspiring and amusing in equal measure.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 29, 2017
The chief weakness in the movement, and in the film as well, is Nora herself. Played sweetly by Leuenberger, Nora is endearing but hardly embodies the spirit of her Ibsen namesake.
By Patricia Smith FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 22, 2017
The film's performances and narrative flounder to strike the right balance between comedy and drama.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Zodiac Pictures, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), SRG - SSR, Teleclub AG, Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK), Zürcher Filmstiftung, Fonds Culturel de Suissimage, Canton of Aargau, Stadt & Kanton Luzern, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Zodiac Pictures International
Release Date Oct 27, 2017
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Website http://www.goettlicheordnung.ch/
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Awards

Swiss Film Prize
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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