28 Jun 2001
On the Edge
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.
Suffragette
Mothers. Daughters. Rebels.
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Top Billed Cast
Carey Mulligan Maud Watts
Helena Bonham Carter Edith Ellyn
Brendan Gleeson Arthur Steed
Anne-Marie Duff Violet Miller
Meryl Streep Emmeline Pankhurst
Ben Whishaw Sonny Watts
Romola Garai Alice Haughton
Samuel West Benedict Haughton
Geoff Bell Norman Taylor
Natalie Press Emily Davison
Adrian Schiller David Lloyd George
Amanda Lawrence Miss Withers
Adam Michael Dodd George Watts
Grace Stottor Maggie Miller
Lorraine Stanley Mrs Coleman
Morgan Watkins Detective Malcolm Walsop
Finbar Lynch Hugh Ellyn
Nick Hendrix Government Minister
Shelley Longworth Miss Samson
Sarah Finigan Mrs Garston
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