Despite being fiction, period films can help us better understand a decade of history. As well as their customs, beliefs and habits.
That's because despite the fictional character, they seek to represent the time portrayed in the most faithful way, making us travel to the year of the film, almost as if we were entering the society of that decade.
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Therefore, Escola Educação brought several examples of films that make us travel with their narratives to different places and different moments in the history of the world. Check out the 10 Best Period Movies on Netflix.
Age rating: 16 years old
In the year 1944, even with the end of the civil war, a group of rebels is still fighting in the mountains north of Navarra, Spain.
Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a 10-year-old girl and her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), move to the region. In the new house, they wait for their new stepfather, who is a fascist officer who fights against the guerrillas in the region.
With no friends, the girl begins to explore the garden of the mansion where she lives. It is at this moment that Ofelia discovers a labyrinth, making her discover a world of fantasies. However, this new world brings irreversible consequences.
Age rating: 14 years old
This bibliographic feature tells the story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), one of the greatest painters in Mexico and the world. The artist was known for her free personality, and her strong political position.
Also, her eventful marriage to artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), and a controversial affair with politician Leon Trostky (Geoffrey Rush). The affairs with several women were also part of the various controversies surrounding Frida.
Age rating: 12 years old
'Cross Stories' takes place in the 1960s, in the small town called Jackson, in the US state of Mississippi.
The plot begins with the return of Skeeter (Emma Stone) to the city. The white girl dreams of becoming a writer. In addition, moved by the racism of American society, she decides to interview black women in the city, who work as maids in the homes of the city's elite.
Despite several problems, the young woman has the support of Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis), her best friend's maid. With Clark helping her, she also gets the report of several other maids like Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer)
The work carried out by the writer displeases the racist elite of the city. It even brings conflicts within your own home. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer.
Age rating: 14 years old
Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) is a Polish pianist who performs classical pieces on a radio station in Warsaw.
However, everything changes when the first bombs fall on the city in 1939, resulting from German attacks. Thus starting World War II.
Thus, the German restrictions imposed on the Polish Jewish people begin, as well as the persecution that takes the pianist's family to the concentration camps.
Age rating: 16 years old
William (Ralph Ineson) and Katherine (Kate Dickie) live with their five children in New England in 1630. The family lived in an extremely religious village.
However, because they do not have the faith allowed by the authorities, they are expelled and start to live in an isolated place.
In addition, one day, the family's newborn baby mysteriously disappears, leaving doubts about who kidnapped him.
Age rating: 14 years old
In 1841, in the middle of the American slave society, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Eiofor) is a freed slave. After manumission, the man lives in peace with his wife and children.
However, everything changes when he accepts a job that takes him to another city, where he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. In this way, Solomon has to go through the most diverse physical and emotional humiliations again to survive.
For 12 years he again lives as a slave, passing through the hands of two masters: Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Edwin Epps (Michal Fassbender).
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards in 2014, winning Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Age rating: 12 years old
Having Nazi Germany, in the midst of World War II, as a backdrop, the film tells the story of Bruno (Asa Butterfield), 8 years old.
The boy is the son of a Nazi officer (David Tewlis). The family lives in an isolated area next to a concentration camp. The problem starts when Bruno meets Shmuel (Jack Scnlon), a boy his age, who wears striped pajamas and lives in the Nazi camp.
Without understanding the reasons for war, or Nazism, Bruno and Shmuel become friends. That's because the German boy visits a Jewish friend every day, making this relationship increasingly dangerous.
Age rating: 12 years old
The film tells the story of the famous actress and princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman), and her husband, Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth). The couple's marriage was apparently perfect.
However, after five years together and with two children, Grace is dissatisfied with her new life and her husband. At the same time, Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths), invites her to return to the cinema, starring in his new film.
In addition, Monaco is going through difficult times and her husband is under pressure from other countries, running the risk of having the country invaded. In the midst of this, the couple tries to resolve their issues and avoid divorce.
Age rating: 16 years old
In 1945, Lore's family (Saskia Rosendahl) begins to disintegrate. That's because her father is a Nazi officer, and the country has just been occupied, ending the Third Reich.
In this way, fleeing punishment, her father runs away, soon after being followed by her mother. The girl is instructed to take her four younger brothers to Hamburg, to her grandmother's distant home.
For this, Lore faces the cold, hunger and dangers during the journey.
Age rating: 12 years old
Psychiatrist Nise (Glória Pires) lives for a while away from her duties as a doctor. Therefore, after this time away, the psychiatrist decided to return to work in her area, in a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro, in the year 1950.
However, Nise is extremely opposed to treatments given to patients suffering from schizophrenia, such as lobotomy and electroshock. Thus, after much conflict, the doctor takes over the Occupational Therapy ward of the hospital.
It is at this moment that his work and dedication to patients changes the situation of many. That's because through art and affection, Nise shows that new less aggressive and more humane forms of treatment are possible.