The Divine Order Page #4

Synopsis: Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband and their two sons in a peaceful little village. Here, in the Swiss countryside, little or nothing is felt of the huge social upheavals that the movement of May 1968 has caused. Nora's life, too, has been unaffected; she is a retiring, quiet person, well liked by everyone - until she begins to campaign publicly and pugnaciously for women's right to vote, an issue that will be put before the male voters on February 7th, 1971.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
  12 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
67
Year:
2017
96 min
61 Views


Oh, really? - Yes.

Hi.

I am indra.

I come from Sweden.

Welcome to my workshop

"weibliche kraft".

Female power.

Yoni power.

We all have it.

We all have it!

The fight against

the suppression of women

goes hand in hand

with the fight against

sexual oppression.

In other words:

Sexual norms

are political instruments

of oppression.

The personal is political.

The private is political.

And this is why we need

to get to know our vaginas better.

The eye of god!

- What did she say?

- Nothing. Something blasphemous.

- Ah, ok.

- Outer labia.

Inner labia.

And clitoris.

All of you...

Say clitoris.

Clitoris.

Again, louder.

Clitoris!

Good.

Every vulva is unique,

and wonderful.

Like a snowflake.

Oh, god!

Tiger...

Bunny, butterfly...

Shark...

Fox...

Squirrel...

Lion...

Hedgehog,

and wolf.

Knowing your p*ssy

is the key to your lust.

And the first step

towards freedom.

So now

let's have a look.

- No.

- We're not doing that.

- I'm not doing that.

- We should go.

Now.

- Won't we look silly

if we just go now?

Ok, good. If it does no good,

it does no harm either.

I am 45 and have never

looked at myself down there.

So why not?

And now...

Undress.

Take your clothes off.

Take a good, loving look!

Take a loving look!

With love

A butterfly.

A silver fox.

A tiger.

I am sure

that in this room,

there are lots of women who have never

had an orgasm.

Love your vaginas

...and the orgasm will come.

We would have been better

taking the last train home.

I feel really sick.

No, thanks.

I wish I could just

sleep like that.

Mr ruckstuhl, I hope

you will bring your wife to her senses

You said

you wouldn't be home until this afternoon.

What's this all about?

We are telling people

about women's right to vote.

Come on, Nora, we're going.

I can't do that, hans.

Of course you can.

You're coming now. No arguments.

When is it starting?

We need to start.

Welcome

to our

is it over already?

Dear women, dear men,

dear citizens.

Welcome to our information event

on women's right to vote.

On women's right to vote.

We organised this event

because we think

that it is important...

Louder!

Gentlemen,

a little discipline, please!

- Sorry.

With this event,

we want to show,

that there are people here in the village

who are more than willing

to stand up for women's rights to vote.

Exactly three people!

Unfortunately, there are still

some false impressions on the subject

in some people's heads.

In New Zealand and in Sweden,

Iran, Afghanistan, Finland,

Italy, yugoslavia,

Bulgaria, Mongolia, Mexico,

Germany, etc.

What the opposition predicted,

has not come true.

On the contrary!

Today, many women

go out to work.

They have careers

and they pay taxes.

So they must be allowed to vote too.

Objection, mrs ruckstuhl.

There are also foreigners

who pay taxes.

Should people

who have no idea

about Switzerland

be able to influence

our federal politics?

Bravo!

There are 1.9 million women

living in Switzerland.

And they are ruled by

1,6 million men.

The men make the laws.

But these laws affect us too.

In general, things are good for us women

in Switzerland, aren't they?

So the men aren't

doing a bad job for us.

But we want to be a part

of the law-making process

and not be reliant

on the goodwill of men.

But we don't want a "five-to-twelve" woman

who just opens a tin at lunchtime.

And besides,

I don't want to discuss

politics with my wife.

We would end up with arguments

in the family

- and most women

don't want to vote anyway.

But that's not true!

How many of you men here

have actually asked your wives

about it?

Maybe

we should take this opportunity

to vote and see.

With the women. All together.

Yes, er

good idea.

Who in this room is in favour?

In favour of the right to vote for women.

And

who is against?

Are you completely mad?

How can you betray me like that

in front of all those people?

Me betray you? You made me

a laughing stock. In front of my workmates,

and my boss,

and all those people.

On the telephone, you said

you were in favour.

But I don't need

to tell the whole village!

You'd rather betray your wife.

What on earth is up

with you, Nora?

You want to forbid me

from going to work.

Hanna is in prison.

And vreni has nothing

that belongs to her any more.

And none of that is fair.

Do you know what?

There are lots of things

I think are not fair.

But I don't make such

a fuss about it!

They threw things at me, and you

did nothing. You didn't say a word.

What did you expect?

Be grateful

it was only paper.

And now, I'd like to know

where you were last night.

At a demonstration.

In Zurich.

And afterwards

we went to a party.

Ah, at a demonstration.

And afterwards you went to a party.

And who with, if you don't

mind me asking, Nora?

And all night?

How dare you talk to me like that!

I want an answer,

Nora!

There is a tiger

between my legs, hans.

A tiger.

And I have never had an orgasm.

So there.

What is an orgasm, daddy?

- That was terrible.

- Cheeky and disrespectful.

I didn't speak a word to my husband

for the whole of lunch.

But none of you opened your mouths

and said something.

I was the only one back in 1959.

You can't blame us for anything.

Everyone knows you were against back then.

Like all of us.

- And what do you want to do now?

- Nothing.

The vote

showed that not even

the women are in favour.

But that's not true.

I am in favour

lots of women in the club

share your views, Nora.

But it is difficult

to say them out loud.

That's exactly why they think

they can treat us like this.

Because we all sit quietly

and never

say anything

- actually,

we are stupid

if we let them get away with it.

In Italy, people go on strike

when they want something.

Just imagine what it would be like.

All the women in the village on strike.

None of you would dare anyway.

Women demand

completely equal rights

down with the patriarchy

what is it like

to be married

to a women's libber?

Do you do the housework now?

Does your wife send you

to the laundry room,

when you come home from work?

Or something like that?

Hans folds up his pants

or he hoovers the living room!

Careful, or you'll end up gay,

with all this woman's work.

But

if my old woman was like that,

I'd make sure I gave her a

good seeing-to.

Dear hans, we women

have decided to go on strike.

And I am not coming home.

There is leftover casserole

in the fridge for dinner.

If you need to do the washing,

please separate the lights and the darks.

Not too hot for the darks.

Different washing powder.

Max needs to clean his teeth.

Watch him!

Father-in-law

mustn't forget his pills.

Nora.

Women on strike

I never thought

so many people would come.

So we are not alone.

No, we are not.

That wasn't the

kitchen cupboard, was it?

We haven't been happy

for a long time.

Since Werner had to

take over the farm,

he has been sinking deeper

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