The International Women’s Day is commemorated every March 8 in different countries of the world. The date seeks to raise the voice of justice for those who were victims of femicide and also to recognize the daily struggle of women who seek equality in different areas of society, such as in the film industry.
In that sense, we share five titles directed by and starring women who highlight their work within the film industry.
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1. Unforgivable
The film follows the story of Ruth Slater, who, after being released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, seeks to reinsert herself into a society that refuses to forgive her past. Her only hope of redemption is to find the little sister she had to leave behind after her arrest.
- Year: 2021
- Director: Nora Fingscheidt
- Starring: Sandra Bullock
2. The bookstore
Contextualized in England in the year 1959, a young widow who lives in a small English town decides, against the polite and implacable neighborhood opposition, to open the first bookstore in the area, taking all the risks that this entailed.
- Year: 2017
- Director: Isabel Coixet
- Starring: Emily Mortimer
3. The Dark Daughter
The film tells the story of a university professor who has to face her disturbing past after meeting a woman and her little daughter while on vacation in Italy.
- Year: 2021
- Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Starring: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley
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4. Bird box
When a mysterious force drives the population to suicide, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you die. Now, a survivor and her children will seek hope and a new beginning by embarking on a dangerous journey to find refuge.
- Year: 2018
- Director: Susanne Bier
- Starring: Sandra Bullock, Vivien Blair and Julian Edwards
5. Elisa and Marcela
Spain, 1901. Elisa and Marcela are two women who fall in love during a time when their relationship is not well seen by society, so they will do everything possible to separate them. History recounts the first homosexual marriage registered in the Iberian country.
- Year: 2019
- Director: Isabel Coixet
- Starring: Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernandez, Sara Casasnovas