We selected in this post some tips and suggestions for Movies for Women's Day – March 8th.
O International Women's Day orWoman's Day is celebrated annually on March 8th, and unlike what many people think, this commemorative date not considered a national holiday. Women's Day is a celebration of women's social, political and economic achievements over the years, being adopted by the United Nations and, consequently, by several countries.
Women's Day is often marked by symbolic gifts, such as flowers, especially roses, poems or phrases, for example.
Thinking about the importance of this day, we prepared a list of Movies for Women's Day.
The list of Women's Day Movies then it was designed to watch together with the children. Every movie has a really cool message to get across.
The plot based on a legend revolves around a young Chinese woman who went to war in place of her weakened father and helped her country's imperial army drive out the Hun invaders. Live-action remake of the 1998 Disney classic.
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It's a family that tries to live a normal life like any other family but that deep down is a family of superheroes in disguise who are forced to take action to save the world. In this film, we can see how a mother and a woman try to take on different roles: that of a housewife and an 'elastic woman', between raising their children and saving the world. A lovely movie!
The Incredibles - Women's Day Movies
While the animals of the circus travel, Mrs. Dumbo receives a baby elephant from the stork, whom she calls Dumbo. Upon becoming a mother, Ms. Dumbo defends her child tooth and nail as her peers laugh at the little one because he has big ears. But it's a tiny mouse named Timoteo who befriends Dumbo and turns him into a circus star. A movie to laugh and cry with emotion.
A new prince is born in the woods. It's Bambi, a baby deer that loses its mother, killed by hunters. Having to live alone, Bambi befriends the other animals in the forest where he lives and learns to survive. Bambi will learn lessons about values like love, losing loved ones and how to grow. Bambi will become the king of the woods, an image of bravery and strength, and he will learn to follow through and face life's difficulties.
Singer since childhood, Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (Andreia Horta) enters adult life leaving Rio Grande do Sul to spread her talent throughout Brazil from Rio de Janeiro. Rapidly rising, she soon gains a legion of fans, among them the famous composer and producer Ronaldo Bôscoli (Gustavo Machado), whom she ends up marrying. A TV star, controversial, intense and quarrelsome, “Pimentinha” is soon recognized as the greatest voice in Brazil, in a career marked by ups and downs.
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It tells the story of Celie, initially 14 years old, during 40 years of her life. In her youth, she was raped by her father, giving birth to two children before becoming sterile. The character lives a drama in which she is separated from her children, in addition to being treated in an ambiguous way – as a slave and companion.
She shares her grief in letters and, over time, revolts over her situation – at a time when women Black women were considered second-class citizens – and became aware of their value and the possibilities that the world gave them. offers. Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover are in the cast.
Losing a mother, overcoming a divorce, and overcoming drug addiction are all great ingredients to describe someone who has the courage to face up to problems.
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In “Free”, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) decides to change and invests in a new beginning in the middle of nature. In search of her identity and a meaning to life, she travels 2,200 kilometers along the entire west coast of the US, from the Mexican border to Canada.
It focuses on the stories of Afro-descendant women in the United States in the 1960s who had to abandon their families to serve the local white elite. In the film, one of the elite women interviews them to show the world their stories. Starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard.
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Dr. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a renowned linguistics teacher. Gradually, she begins to forget certain words and get lost in the streets of Manhattan. She is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The disease puts the strength of his family to the test. As Alice's relationship with her husband, John (Alec Baldwinse), weakens, she and youngest daughter Lydia (Kristen Stewart) grow closer.
The film MONALISA'S SMILE (1993) has as its main environment Welley College, a traditionalist girls' school from the beginning of the 50's.
In the trailer, art history teacher Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), liberal educator for the concepts of the time, it tries, through the history of art, to awaken in the students questions about the choices they must make in their lives.
The teacher opposes the current social standards and the sexist concepts prevailing at the time.
The 1950s woman was brought up to be a good mother and wife. The happiest moment in her life would undoubtedly be the time to go up to the altar and become a respectable lady in society. Having children was not a choice but an obligation.
Focused on the fight for the right to vote for women; in the routine of daily humiliations women were subjected to; by the degrading condition of life of many of them; in the contradictions in which a patriarchal society is immersed. This historical drama/fiction genre film is indispensable.
It is the type of film that awakens the most human emotions in the viewer. With a powerful narrative, it describes the struggle for better living conditions and the battle for women's suffrage. Furthermore, it brings vehement reflections on how despite the changes, women still suffer absurdly in a sexist society like ours. Things got better, but they're still pretty bad.
One hundred and four years after the struggle for the vote in England, it is observed that many problems and many injustices, unfortunately, still persist. In Saudi Arabia, for example, women only gained the right to vote in 2015.
The technical aspect is measured. The work's strong point is the script and the unfolding of the plot. The photography is good, but not surprising. The Sarah Gavron direction is in tune. Camera positioning and angles are good points. The acting is very good.
Thus, it is a mandatory feature film. Not just for feminists. All those who think about a better world should watch it. The conclusion that remains is: things only change after a lot of suffering and, mainly, a lot of struggle.
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