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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Vera Drake (2004), a drama from renowned British auteur Mike Leigh, whose Another Year (2010), Naked (1993), and Life Is Sweet (1990) we have previously watched. The film follows a 1950s British housewife (Imelda Staunton) who appears to her family and friends as the model of a perfect mother. Uh-oh, she secretly provides abortions on the sides to local women in need. Since abortion was illegal at the time, this ends up causing some drama as the police close in on her. This received rave reviews, especially for Staunton’s performance, and is considered one of Leigh’s best works. Let’s give it a shot.

After that is Divorce, Italian Style (1961), a farcical rom-com that satirizes Italy’s draconian divorce laws; divorce was forbidden in Italy until legalized via referendum in 1974. This situation causes the protagonist of this film some trouble, as he wants to marry his cousin, but is already married, leading him to plot the murder of his wife. First, though, he must manipulate his wife into an affair with another man, so that he can receive a light sentence after killing her. Will everything go as planned? I guess we’ll find out. This is the best-known and arguably best-regarded work of director Pietro Germi.

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CWs for Vera Drake:

  • Sexual assault: a woman begins to be assaulted, but no sex acts or shown, nor is there any nudity, and the scene cuts away quickly.
  • Sex.
  • Profanity.
  • Alcohol.
  • Smoking.
  • Abortion.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for Divorce, Italian Style:

  • Infidelity.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Misogyny.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Domestic violence.
  • Slapstick violence.
  • Smoking.
  • Alcohol.

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