I’m in Austin for the Austin Film Festival, on the long journey to London, England from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I have an amazing travel agent, Laura Buchan from Flight Centre in the Westshore (1 866 552 4050, tell her I sent you so you get at least $25 off – say Classroom Canada), who manages to always get me the most round-a-bout way to get somewhere with free stopovers that I love. So, here I am in Austin “on my way” to London. How amazing is that?
Anyway, the point of this post is to tell you all to go out there and watch as many movies as you can that are set in England. I wanted to see Made in Dagenham last night because I absolutely loved Happy Go Lucky and Sally Hawkins is the lead in both movies. She is fabulous.
Made in Dagenham tells the story of a group of female Ford factory workers in May, 1968 who went on strike to demand equal pay for equal work. It’s a funny, heartwarming, feel good movie. I taught in Dagenham when I was teaching in primary schools in London and they really portrayed the culture well. The accents are tough to understand at times for those of you who have never been to England, but your ears should adjust within the first few minutes. It’s a very East-End London movie.
I don’t know how well the movie will do over here in North America, as most of the folks in the lineup kept saying, “What’s this movie called? Made in….?” But for those of us who love all things British, it’s the perfect movie to watch.
Any other recommendations? Please share your thoughts below. Comments make the blogging world go round!
Victoria Westcott
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Looks like a good movie!
I just read a review from Daily Candy:
“The feel-good comedy was originally titled We Want Sex, an homage to an actual mishap: The right side of a banner reading “We Want Sexual Equality” collapsed, and the women were left with a little something more to be desired.”
Maybe Americans would find that title easier to understand?
And mutual kudos to Happy Go Lucky/Sally Hawkins. She’s great.