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Suffragette

Name: Suffragette
Director: Sarah Gavron
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2015-10-16
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Meryl Streep

DramaHistory

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

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Cast

Carey MulliganHelena Bonham CarterBrendan GleesonAnne-Marie DuffMeryl StreepBen WhishawRomola GaraiSamuel WestGeoff BellNatalie PressAdrian SchillerAmanda Lawrence

Director

Sarah Gavron

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