Suffragette trailer: see Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter fight for women's vote

British historical drama will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival
History in the making: Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst in Suffragette (Image: 20th Century Fox)
20th Century Fox
Ben Travis11 September 2015

Ready the Oscars – Meryl Streep is back in a new prestige drama and both her performance and the film look mighty powerful.

Depicting the movement that gained women the right to vote in the UK, Suffragette follows Carey Mulligan’s working class Maud as she steps into the fray and becomes part of one of the most important moments in British history.

Appearing alongside Mulligan are a brilliantly starry cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson, as well as Meryl Streep, who plays the iconic role of Emmeline Pankhurst.

The trailer gives us insight particularly into Mulligan’s Maud, and we also see glimpses on the 1913 Epsom Derby, where Emily Davison famously stepped in front of King George V’s horse.

“All my life I’ve been respectful. Done what men told me,” Mulligan’s character says. “Well, I can’t have that anymore”

We also hear a snippet of one of Streep’s speeches: “Never underestimate the power we women have to define our own destiny. We have been left with no alternative – defy this government.”

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The film comes from director Sarah Gavron, who helmed the adaptation of Monica Ali’s novel Brick Lane, and screenwriter Abi Morgan, who wrote the likes of Shame and The Iron Lady.

The film will debut at the BFI London Film Festival.

Suffragette arrives in UK cinemas on October 30

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