107 min
6.4
2020
United Kingdom
In 1970, at the Miss World competition, which millions of people watched, there was a huge scandal. Activists of the movement for equality rushed into the hall and onto the stage. They expressed their anger over the fact that the organizers of the show evaluate women by their appearance. The witty dramatic comedy Misbehaviour shows how and why the Women's Liberation Movement representatives decided to take such a desperate action that turned into an arrest for them.
The movie heroines fight against the injustice of the patriarchy and those who support and multiply it, not with all men (as some believe) and certainly not with the Miss World contestants themselves.
The main character of Misbehaviour is a young mother, student, and activist Sally Alexander (Keira Knightley), but many other incredible heroines get a chance to tell their story on the big screen.
For instance, a Miss World contestant from Grenada, Jennifer Hosten (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). She outshines all the contestants there, but with a white jury and white beauty standards in the Western world, she and Miss South Africa do not really hope to win. Misbehaviour shows that historic moment when the world became a little less racist and recognized a Black woman from Grenade as the most beautiful woman on the planet.
It was for the sake of millions of little Black girls around the world who believed in themselves and in their beauty that Jennifer was ready to endure any sexism of the Miss World contest.
The film's director Philippa Lowthorpe excellently told this story from a feminine perspective, which is often neglected in modern, progressive cinema. In Misbehaviour, the director features a wide variety of wonderful, strong, and determined women: women who want to get an education; women who want to get married and have children; women who want to escape from their small towns; women who want to fulfill their dreams, whatever they may be.
After all, feminism stands for equality and for the right to choose for every woman and every person, to live their lives on their own terms, and not as society tells us.
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