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Up the Women (2013)
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Up the Women (2013)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, semi serious, historical drama, realistic, period piece
Plot: friendship, fighting the system, idealism, against the odds, feminism, injustice, society, battle of the sexes, hopes, small town, gender, women, sex, strength, women's suffrage, friends, strong female presence, social relations, small town life, club, tea, entity, voting, meeting, campaign ...
Time: 1910s, 1900s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about friendship, friends, british humour, society, family relations, buddies and social relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Up the Women: Drifters (2013), Jam & Jerusalem (2006), Twenty Twelve (2011), The Likely Lads (1964), In Gayle We Trust (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 25 min.
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