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The Bostonians

The Bostonians

5,6 /10 (48 Votes)
1984 EN 122 min

Overview

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

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Rent

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Release date

01/05/1984

Votes

48

Popularity

1.1

An intimate and exquisite probe of the feminist heart.

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

122 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-05-23

⭐ 6

There's a lovely line in this otherwise unremarkable adaptation of the Henry James novel from Vanessa Redgrave who announces something along the lines of being eternally grateful for not having the vote! It did make me smile. That, sadly, is about all that did as we trudge through this stylish but turgid story of the embryonic American suffragette movement. Amidst this struggle for enfranchisement, the bright "Verena" (Madeleine Potter) is facing the affections of the more traditional "Basil" (Christopher Reeve), himself a man who she ought to have little time for. Might there be the slightest…

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