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Stella (1955)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Fountas, Alekos Alexandrakis, Christina Kalogerikou, Voula Zouboulaki, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos
Stella, the main character, is a rebetiko singer. Although she is in love with Miltos, a soccer player, she repeatedly rejects his marriage proposals. When Miltos finally forces her to accept the idea of marriage, Stella does not appear in church, despite Miltos repeatedly warning her that he will kill her if she doesn't marry him. Miltos kills her with a dagger at end of the film.
Johnny Guitar (1954)
, 1h50Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Actors Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ernest Borgnine, Ward Bond
On the outskirts of a wind-swept Arizona cattle town, an aggressive and strong-willed saloonkeeper named Vienna maintains a volatile relationship with the local cattlemen and townsfolk. Not only does she support the railroad being laid nearby (the cattlemen oppose it), but she permits "The Dancin' Kid" (her former amour) and his confederates to frequent her saloon. The locals, led by McIvers but egged on by Emma Small, a onetime rival of Vienna, are determined to force Vienna out of town, and the hold-up of the stage (they suspect, erroneously, by "The Dancin' Kid") offers a perfect pretext. Vienna faces them down, helped by the mysterious and just arrived Johnny Guitar. He turns out to be her ex-lover and a reformed gunslinger whose real name is Johnny Logan. Their smouldering love/hate relationship develops until McIvers gives Vienna, Johnny Guitar and "The Dancin Kid" and his sidekicks 24 hours to leave.
Animal Farm (1954)
, 1h13Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Feminist films, Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about cows, Films about cats, Films about pigs, Films about birds, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Maurice Denham, Gordon Heath
Manor Farm is a formerly prosperous farm that has fallen on hard times, and suffers under the now-ineffective leadership of its drunken and aggressive owner, Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, the prize boar and the second-oldest on the farm, calls the animals on the farm for a meeting, where he compares the humans to parasites and encourages the animals to break free from their tyrant's influence, while reminding them that they must hold true to their convictions after they have gained freedom. With that, he teaches the animals a revolutionary song, before collapsing dead mid-song to the animals' horror.
Salt of the Earth (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer, David Wolfe
The film opens with a narration from Esperanza Quintero (Rosaura Revueltas):
Swings or Roundabouts (1953)
, 1h27Genres Comedy
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Günther Simon, Fritz Diez, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Theo Shall, Gustav Püttjer
After a new government law forbids women to operate heavy machinery in steel factories, a group of female workers that is determined to lift the ban proposes a competition to their male counterparts: those who will produce the greatest quantity of steel will win. The men are certain that they will be victorious. One of them, Ernst Hollup, is angered by his wife's involvement with the other team, and he demands that she will resign and become a housewife. The women develop a wagon that carries the molten iron to the steel furnace and greatly simplifies their work. They win the competition, as well as the respect of the men. The government lifts the ban.
In a Lonely Place (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Nicholas Ray, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith
Dixon "Dix" Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter who has not had a hit "since before the war." While driving to meet his agent, Mel Lippman (Art Smith), at a nightclub, Dix's explosive temper is revealed at a stoplight along the way in a confrontation with another motorist that almost becomes violent.
Adam's Rib (1949)
, 1h41Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films, Films about marriage
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen
Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) follows her husband (Tom Ewell) with a gun one day after suspecting he is having an affair with another woman (Jean Hagen). In her rage, she fires at the couple multiple times. One of the bullets hits her husband in the shoulder.
Bitter Rice (1949)
, 1h48Directed by Giuseppe De Santis
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime, Italian neorealism
Themes Feminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Nico Pepe, Checco Rissone
The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Italy. In an effort to escape the law, two small-time thieves, Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman), hide amongst the crowds of female workers heading to the rice fields of the Po Valley. While attempting to board the train for the fields, the pair runs into Silvana (Silvana Mangano), a peasant rice worker. Francesca boards the train with Silvana, who introduces her to the planter's way of life. Francesca does not have a work permit, and struggles with the other "illegals" to find a place on the rice fields. After initial resistance from documented workers and bosses, the scabs are allowed a place in the fields. At the fields, Silvana and Francesca meet a soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco (Raf Vallone), who unsuccessfully tries to attract Silvana's interest.
The Hunchedback Horse (1947)
, 57minutesDirected by Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about horses, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anatoly Kubatsky
An old man has three sons: the elder two are considered fairly smart, while the youngest, Ivan, is considered an idiot. One day the father sends the three to find out who's been taking the hay in their fields at night. The elder brothers decide to lie hidden in a haystack, where they promptly fall asleep. Ivan, meanwhile, sits beside a birch tree and plays on his recorder. Suddenly, he sees a magnificent horse come flying out of the sky. Ivan grabs her mane and holds on as the horse tries to shake him off. Finally, the horse begs him to let her go and in return gives him two beautiful black male horses and a little humpbacked horse (Konyok-gorbunok) to be his companion.
A Woman in the Night (1943)
, 1h45Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Claude Dauphin, Henri Guisol, Marion Malville, Andrex
Une troupe de théâtre joue en tournée Manon Lescaut, avec en vedette Denise, dont le mari est malade et alcoolique. Lasse de ses accès de violence, et voulant refaire sa vie, elle s'enfuit et trouve refuge chez un médecin qui l'engage comme infirmière dans sa clinique. Cependant une autre infirmière, jalouse, commande une enquête à un détective, et finit par découvrir le passé de Denise.
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
, 1h17Directed by Shamus Culhane, Dave Fleischer, Al Eugster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Films about insects, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jack Mercer, Jean Rhys, Tedd Pierce, Pinto Colvig, Marjorie Hines, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Les amours de Hoppity le criquet et Douce, la fille d'un bourdon, sont troublées par la négligence des humains et le projet de construction d'un gratte-ciel sur leur territoire. L'héroïne est aussi menacée d'un mariage forcé avec Monsieur Scarabée.
The Women (1939)
, 2h14Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine
The Women follows the lives of Manhattan women, focusing in particular on Mary Haines (Norma Shearer), the cheerful, contented wife of Stephen and mother of Little Mary (Virginia Weidler). After a bit of gossip flies around the salon these wealthy women visit, Mary's cousin Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) goes to a Salon to get the newest, exclusive nail color: Jungle Red. She learns from a manicurist that Mary's husband has been having an affair with a predatory perfume counter girl named Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford). A notorious gossip, Sylvia delights in sharing the news with Mary's friends; she sets up Mary with an appointment with the same manicurist so that she hears the rumor about Stephen's infidelity.
Pasha's Wives (1939)
, 1h38Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films
Actors Viviane Romance, John Lodge, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Saturnin Fabre, Roger Blin
Un diplomate turc revient dans son pays avec sa jeune épouse française, Mireille, qui apprend à connaitre le pays de son mari. Pleine d'illusions, elle découvre la Turquie et, rapidement, toutes les règles contraignantes qu'une femme doit respecter. Fâcheusement, sa maladresse lui attire l'antipathie du sultan. Elle va tout faire pour bousculer les règles sociales strictes et la place de la femme soumise et cachée.
Kunku (1937)
, 2h46Directed by V. Shantaram
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Shanta Apte
The basic storyline revolves around a young woman, Nirmala (Shanta Apte) rebelling against her marriage to a much older widower, Kaka Saheb (Keshavrao Date), as was the practice in thosehe story is based on a novel by Shri. Narayan Hari Apte. It reminds us instinctively of the story of Sharada, a play by Deval which had long been a classic of Marathi theatre.
The Peasant Women of Ryazan (1928)
, 1h7Directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Au printemps 1914, un père tyrannique, Vassili, remarié à une femme acariâtre et velléitaire, Loukeria, décide du mariage de son fils Ivan et de sa fille Wassilissa. Son choix se porte sur Anna que son fils Ivan aime mais que lui-même convoite. Loukeria ne cache pas son mépris envers la jeune femme, mariée sans dot.