Opens November 6 @ the Bijou: This story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement, which is campaigning for voting rights for women. Galvanized by the fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. When increasingly aggressive police action forces Maud and her dedicated fellow suffragettes underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities, who are shocked as the women’s civil disobedience escalates and sparks debate across the nation. With Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Geoff Bell, Natalie Press. Rated PG13 for some intense violence, thematic elements, brief strong language and partial nudity.
