During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England’s resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace’s spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Tag: woman director
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Fun Mom Dinner
Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a “fun mom dinner”. When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely new friends realize they have more in common than just marriage and motherhood.
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Royal New Year’s Eve
An aspiring fashion designer falls in love with her socialite client’s prospective fiance, Prince Jeffrey.
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Berlin Syndrome
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
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Novitiate
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
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Wakefield
A man’s nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
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XX
This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.
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Megan Leavey
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.
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Home Again
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
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The Beguiled
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.