The Divine Order

Name: The Divine Order
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 27, 2017
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Bettina Stucky, Finn Sutter, Marie Leuenberger, Marta Zoffoli, Maximilian Simonischek

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: October 27, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Bettina Stucky, Finn Sutter, Marie Leuenberger, Marta Zoffoli, Maximilian Simonischek, Noe Krejcí, Peter Freiburghaus, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Therese Affolter

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. HerIn 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 newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats, and the potential end to her marriage, but, refusing to back down, she convinces the women in her village to go on strike...and makes a few startling discoveries about her own liberation. … Expand

Director: Petra Biondina Volpe

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Todd Gilchrist

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. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Nov 17, 2017

The most pleasurable part of watching this Nora’s story is seeing how the males in her life have to make room for her, and do some learning themselves. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Nov 29, 2017

The Divine Order packs a lot into its brisk 96-minute runtime. But it never feels forced in the process. Read full review

Nick Schager

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. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

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. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Apr 29, 2017

A gentle, unassuming picture, it does have a satisfying, feelgood trajectory and empathetic central performance from Marie Leuenberger. Read full review

Derek Smith

Oct 22, 2017

The film's performances and narrative flounder to strike the right balance between comedy and drama. Read full review

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Beecee

Dec 19, 2017

This is a very enjoyable film centered around the women's suffrage movement in Switzerland in 1971(!) Although this is a political film, it also emphasizes the individual personalities of both the women and men in a small town in Switzerland, and shows their personal growth. There is bothThis is a very enjoyable film centered around the women's suffrage movement in Switzerland in 1971(!) Although this is a political film, it also emphasizes the individual personalities of both the women and men in a small town in Switzerland, and shows their personal growth. There is both drama and comedy, and although the ending is generally happy, not all relationships survive - making it more true to life.… Expand

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