Suffragette (2015) - full transcript

Women do not have

the calmness of temperament

or the balance of mind

to exercise judgment

in political affairs.

If we allow women to vote,

it will mean the loss

of social structure.

Women are well represented

by their fathers,

brothers, husbands.

Man #3:

Once the vote was given,

it would be impossible

to stop at this.

Women would then demand

the rights of becoming mps,

cabinet ministers, judges.

Maud, take this

up the west end.

It's meant to be there

by 6:00.

Deliveries should have

picked it up.

Votes for women!

Votes for women!

Votes for women!

Victory will be ours!

Votes for women!

Victory!

- Votes for women!

Is George sleeping?

Yeah. Mrs. garston

fed him bread and jam.

You all right?

It's late.

Taylor sent me up to town.

- Have a look.

- It's nothing.

I got caught

in a scuffle.

There were loads

of those women shouting.

Broke all the windows

on the west end.

I'll deliver that package

for you in the morning.

You coming to bed?

I'm just gonna

get this done.

Arms up.

Arms up.

You keep doing that,

you're never

gonna get it on.

Here's the slippers.

All right, dear.

Oh, come here.

Be good.

Come on, you lot.

- Oi, Mrs. Miller!

- Mrs. Miller!

Don't you ignore me.

Sorry, Mr. Taylor.

Late again?

Oh, I'm fairly late. I'm--

shut your mouth.

You listen to me.

That's the second time

you've been late and you've

only been here three weeks.

I haven't been late--

don't answer me back.

This is what I'm telling you.

- I'm sorry.

- You want me to dismiss you?

Is that it?

No. No, Mr. Taylor.

No, sir, I don't.

I won't be late tomorrow.

Well, you pull

your finger out.

Drive belt's

loose again.

It was checked

on Friday, maud.

You can smell burning.

I'd check 'em all.

Get your toolbox!

Check the drive belt

on number six!

Ta.

We meet mondays

and Thursdays,

if you're interested.

The ellyns pharmacy.

Hey, maud.

That package get

to barclays yesterday?

George had his chest again.

Sonny took it up for me

this morning.

You ready?

This is my oldest.

Maggie.

Hello, Maggie.

It is men

who have all legal rights

over our children.

It is men who control

our economic existence.

Who's that?

Mp's wife.

Mrs. haughton.

She's here at Christmas

giving out tangerines

to the children.

And the prime minister,

Mr. asquith,

has agreed to a hearing

of testimonies

of working women

up and down

the country.

We have an opportunity

to demonstrate

that as women are equal

to men in their labors,

so they should be equal to men

in their right to vote.

You've never

labored in your life.

This is your moment

to come forward

and speak up,

and I will choose

one person from this laundry

to deliver their testimony

at the house of commons.

These will be heard by

the chancellor of the exchequer,

Mr. Lloyd George.

No one cares, love.

Some of us do,

Mrs. Coleman, so shut

your bleeding cake-hole.

Hear, hear.

Thank you for your support.

Votes for women.

Ladies, votes for women.

The power is in your hands.

Thank you, ladies.

Oh, go home.

Votes for women.

Thank you.

Mommy! Mommy!

Hello, kids.

Give me half a moment.

Are you gonna give

your testimony then?

Mr. Taylor's

a good employer.

To you he is.

Take that back.

I can't take back

what I see.

You've been here

less than a month.

And?

I've been doing laundry work

ever since I was 13.

Maggie's only 12,

and she's in here already.

It's as tough for us women

as it's ever been.

We've got to do

whatever we can,

however we can.

What,

like smashing windows?

It's not respectable.

Strangle

what's respectable.

You want me

to respect the law,

then make the law

respectable.

So, Georgie--

Georgie, this is six.

Yeah?

You ready?

You watching?

You got yours.

You see

Mrs. haughton today?

Wants some of the women

to go to parliament.

She thinks

we should be paid more.

On her high horse again.

Say good night

to the king, George.

Good night, sir.

Good boy.

Come on.

Now, young sir,

can you give me

a big breath in, please?

Ah. Good boy.

And out.

And now another

big one, please.

And big breath out.

- Good boy.

- And a big breath in.

Oh, yes.

Here comes the 11:00 just

passing through the tunnel.

Good. It's on time.

Uh--

he's all right.

Good boy.

You're a suffragette,

Mrs. ellyn?

Yes, but I consider myself

more of a soldier, Mrs. watts.

These women's testimonies

make a difference?

Maybe. But as

Mrs. pankhurst says,

"it's deeds, not words

that will get us the vote."

Make up

a combination.

Now, George,

do you like barley sugar?

Afternoon.

Are the others here yet?

Uh, no. Not yet.

But you can go through.

Plenty of steam.

Couple of drops

in the water, twice daily.

Keep him warm.

No, no. No charge.

Good-bye.

Thank you.

- Thank you, Mr. ellyn.

- Mrs. watts.

Come on.

Let's get you wrapped up.

Superintendent burrill.

Mr. haughton,

thank you for coming here.

This is inspector--

inspector sneed.

Benedict haughton,

home office.

I'm reliably informed

that you have considerable

experience of surveillance

within the special branch.

I've gathered intelligence

on various anarchists,

sir,

including fenian agitators

in liverpool and Manchester.

I can show you.

Employment

of these cameras

would be the first

of its kind

in the country.

They are considerably

more advanced than anything

we've used before.

Thank you.

Compact enough

to be used without a tripod.

It means

we can operate them

covertly on the streets.

Right.

Let's start

with Mrs. Edith ellyn.

Chief commandant.

She's clever.

Been arrested

nine times,

incarcerated four.

She's educated

without scruples,

which makes her

particularly dangerous.

It's worth noting

her husband, Mr. Hugh ellyn.

Pharmacist.

He's been incarcerated twice

for abetting

his wife's activities.

Fully paid-up member

of the men's league.

Here's an old hand--

Mrs. Violet Miller.

She moves around a lot.

Been arrested a number of times.

Incarcerated twice.

Spits out children.

Husband's a violent drunk.

She agitates.

Gets her hands dirty.

She'll be using her zeal

to recruit.

To justify

the unjustifiable.

Now, who's this here?

Um, watts.

Maud watts.

Not seen her before.

- That's a good girl.

Come on. Come on.

- No! Get off.

It'll be all right.

It'll be all right.

You know who I like.

Get back to work.

Go on. Get out of here.

What did you want, maud?

Fourteen short

on soap paddles.

Why don't you

tell acquisitions

if we're short?

Eh?

I don't want a slipup

like that to happen again,

do you hear?

She reminds me

of you at that age.

Oi, Mrs. Miller,

I heard a whisper

you've been chosen

to deliver your testimony

to Mr. Lloyd George.

Tomorrow.

Leave the vote to us men,

eh, Mrs. Miller?

And we'll leave you to the home.

I've already

made up the hours.

I worked late Tuesday

and Thursday.

And Maggie will mop up

any extra.

Why don't you tell

Mr. Miller

I'll give you a clip

round here and knock some sense

into you if he won't.

It'll do her some good, eh?

Violet.

I'll come

with you tomorrow,

hear you speak.

Maud.

What are you doing?

I'm just gonna listen.

Women we want the vote!

We want the vote!

Violet.

Where were you?

We waited--

Violet.

It's nothing.

I'm all right.

Mrs. haughton's inside.

Well, come on then.

Oh, Mrs. Miller--

oh, my dear.

Glass house laundry next.

Sheffield weavers union,

please be ready.

You'll be straight after.

You cannot deliver

your testimony like this.

Deputations will

be heard one by one.

- I'm fine.

- No, Mrs. Miller, you're not.

Lloyd George

will dismiss you

and what will you say?

Glass house laundry.

Maud.

You speak

for me.

I can't.

It is written down.

No, I'm not--

I'm not good at--

all you'd have to do

is read it.

Please ask someone else.

Someone can do it

better than I can.

You can tell them.

- We have no time.

- Glass house laundry, please.

Violet--

you can do this.

You can do it.

You tell them.

Good luck, maud.

Shall you begin,

Mrs. Miller?

Watts.

It's Mrs. watts, sir.

Mrs. Miller

isn't able to--

I have her testimony.

You work

at the glass house laundry

in bethnal green too?

I was born there.

Then I should like

to hear your testimony.

I don't know what to say.

Your mother worked

at the laundry?

From when she was 14.

She'd strapped me on her back

or under the copper vats

if I'd sleep.

All the women did it

who had babies then.

Your employer

allowed that?

He'd have you back

as soon as you could.

He?

Mr. Taylor.

And does your mother

still work at the laundry?

She died when I was four.

I see.

A vat tipped.

Scalded her.

What of your father?

Don't know him.

And you've worked

for Mr. Taylor--

part-time

from when I was seven.

Full-time

from when I was 12.

Don't need much schooling

to laundry shirts.

I was good at collars,

steaming the fine lacing.

Got the hands for it.

I was made head washer at 17,

forewoman at 20.

I'm 24 now, so--

you're young

for such a position.

Laundry work's a short life

if you're a woman.

And why is that?

You get your aches

and your chest cough,

crushed fingers,

leg ulcers, burns,

headaches from the gas.

We had one girl

last year poisoned.

Can't work again.

Ruined her lungs.

And your pay?

We get 13 shillings

a week, sir.

For a man it's 19.

And we work

a third more the hours.

They're outside most days

on deliveries, so at least

they're in the fresh air.

What would the vote

mean to you,

Mrs. watts?

I never thought

we'd get the vote,

so I've never thought

about what it would mean.

So why are you here?

The thought that we might.

That this life--

there is another way

of living this life.

Sorry. My words--

I'm not--

no, no.

The finest eloquence

is that which gets

things done.

Thank you,

Mrs. watts.

I believe we have

all that down.

We shall have a response

for you very soon.

An amendment to the bill

might just force the change

towards the vote.

Thank you, sir.

Can we please have

sheffield weavers union?

You've been drinking.

Just a Brandy.

Mrs. haughton

treated us.

Mrs. haughton can afford it.

I spoke, Sonny.

I thought you were

just gonna listen.

Violet couldn't,

so they asked me.

I was just gonna say

what she would have said,

but then he asked me

if I worked at laundry

as well.

And I just

started talking.

To Mr. Lloyd George.

If we got the vote--

what would you do

with it, maud?

Do the same you do

with yours, Sonny--

exercise my rights.

Exercise your rights?

You're

a suffragette now?

One of those panks?

No.

Mrs. Miller is.

You know

how they like to talk.

You spend your time with her,

that's what they'll call you.

I'm only looking out

for you, maud.

I know.

That's all

I've ever done.

Oi, maud.

Violet.

Mrs. ellyn's

invited you to tea.

Has she?

Yeah.

She says you've gone

and woken up the dinosaurs

of westminster.

- Where are Mr. ellyn's

certificates?

- Hmm? Oh, he hasn't any.

His father passed

the business to him,

but he never really

took to chemistry.

I actually wanted

to become a doctor.

My father

didn't approve.

I'm still good

at diagnosis.

So you're married?

Twenty-three years now.

Oh, I had hoped

that one day

it might have read

"ellyn and daughters."

One must look

to the next generation.

I hear you spoke well.

I was thinking

we could take him

to the seaside this summer.

Don't go drinking champagne

on beer money, maud.

Arms up.

Go to the pictures,

Friday.

Give me. Give me.

Come here.

Oi, Mrs. Miller.

Bet you wish

you were a man.

Yeah, bet you wish

you weren't old.

Saucy cow.

Come here.

Wish us luck.

Luck would be

you'd stop this now,

go to work.

Go on.

Go.

You ready?

Yeah.

Here, maud.

You look the part.

- Can you see anything?

They haven't

opened the doors yet.

It's him.

The prime minister

duly reviewed all

the women's testimonies.

After careful debate

with a number of mps

very sympathetic

to the women's cause,

it was carried

that there was not

the evidence

to support any change

to the suffrage bill.

What?

- No votes

for women then, sir?

- No. No votes.

But Mr. Lloyd George listened.

He took it all down.

A sham. A sham.

It's a sham!

How dare you!

Liar!

- Liar!

- Liar!

- Liar!

- Shame on you, sir!

Shame on you!

Liar!

Liar!

Go on now.

You've had your fun.

Get back!

Move back now!

Come on!

Go home!

You won't push me back!

Violet!

Hey, leave her alone!

Don't hurt me!

No!

Leave her! Leave--

get in here!

Get in there!

No! No!

Good afternoon, officer.

Benedict haughton.

How much is bail, please?

Two pound, sir.

No, Benedict,

you must bail

all of the women.

I cannot be

the only one

to go free.

Benedict, please.

I will not.

- How much is the sum?

- Two pound each.

?12 to release

all the women.

Please, sign it.

It's my money.

It's my money.

You're my wife.

You'll act like a wife.

I have

humored you, Alice,

thus far,

but this

is an outrage.

Thank you.

Come on.

I have to fetch

my son by 6:00.

I'm late.

He'll need his tea.

You won't be home for tea.

Would you like me to contact

your husband, Mrs. watts?

I picked up

a suffragette last week.

I'm not a suffragette.

Rough little diamond.

In her bloomers,

three bricks.

Works for

Mrs. pankhurst directly.

I asked her

why she does it.

She said it makes

her life worth something.

She's just

the hod carrier.

I'm not a suffragette.

I'm glad.

You know,

they say that the way certain

types of women have been

acting these past few months

lends a good deal of color

to the argument

that the mental equilibrium

of the female sex is less

than that of the male's.

But I don't agree.

There's no madness in it.

They know exactly

what they're doing.

But my opinion

doesn't matter.

My job is to enforce

the law, Mrs. watts.

So I'm going to give you

some advice now,

and I sincerely

hope you take it.

You serve your time now.

At worst

you'll get a week.

Then you go home

to your husband.

They lied to us.

They didn't lie.

They promised nothing.

They gave nothing.

Coat.

One set of stockings.

Hole. Right foot.

Don't be alarmed, maud.

Stay calm.

We're political prisoners.

We have the right

to wear our own clothes.

Arms up.

We have the right--

please.

Sorry, Georgie.

Oi. Your wife is

a fucking disgrace, Sonny.

You should

be keeping her

under control.

Police are bringing

these bitches to their knees.

At least maud

will be used to that.

Come on, maud.

She's missing her boy.

We've all been separated

from those we love, maud.

My mother.

When I was a child,

i barely saw her.

She worked

day and night,

fighting for me

to be educated

as my brother was.

But that didn't come

without a sacrifice.

There's Emily.

She's done

more time here

than any of us.

She's on hunger strike.

Orders from Mrs. pankhurst

are we're to follow.

If they will not accept us

as political prisoners,

we will strike until they do.

Not maud.

It's her

first time here.

- Emily.

- Violet.

We got

a new member.

This is maud.

Welcome, maud.

Faster. Move.

Oh, Hugh.

Welcome, Mrs. watts.

Please, come with us.

I've got to go.

I've got to see my son.

Everyone gets one

their first time, maud.

For your

first incarceration.

Thanks.

Mrs. Miller, the escalation

of violence from the police

will be met with force.

You will receive word.

Are they in?

Mrs. garston!

Sonny?

How's George?

Shh. He's asleep.

I'm sorry, Sonny.

Sonny, I tried to get back

as quickly as I could,

but they kept me there--

I can't look at you.

You don't know

what they did to us.

Us? What's it done

to me and George?

I had the police around.

I said I didn't

know anything.

Got the whole street

whispering.

I covered

for you to Taylor,

but he knew.

It won't happen again.

- Mama.

- Hi, darling. Mmm.

Get back to bed!

Go on, darling.

I'll be there in a minute.

Now.

Go on, darling.

- You eaten?

- Mrs. garston

did her best.

I'll make you some tea.

I waited and waited for you

until it was almost dawn.

I was praying

for you to come home.

I'm back now.

You won't ever shame me

like that again.

- Go on. On your way.

- I've had enough of you.

You've been

nothing but trouble

since you got here.

I'll see you

at home, pal.

I love you.

It's all right.

Votes for women!

Hello, maud.

Nice to see you're

feeling better.

Sonny tells me

you've not been well.

It's all right,

you know?

I found someone else

willing to, uh,

make up the hours.

Mum.

You wait for me here.

I won't be long.

Maud.

Violet.

There's

a big gathering on Friday.

They're saying she's to speak.

I got to go.

I can't.

You can't not.

If we'd had a girl,

what would we have

called her?

Margaret.

After my mother.

What kind of life

would she have had?

Same as yours.

I'm working late tonight.

Intelligence confirms

a growing intention

to retaliate.

They're putting

their strategy

in place.

Our contact in lewisham

tells us Mrs. pankhurst

is to give an address.

When?

Any day now.

We don't know where yet,

but I'm sure

our east London ladies

will lead us there.

- Emily.

- Maud. It's good

to see you again.

You've heard

her speak before?

Many times.

She's without fear.

- Emily, Edith's

waiting for us.

- You made it then?

Edith.

You're here.

We must hurry.

It'll be the first time

she's appeared for months.

They'll be on alert

to arrest her.

Hello,

Mrs. pankhurst.

- Good luck,

Mrs. pankhurst.

- Thank you.

Well done!

My friends,

in spite

of his majesty's

government,

I am here tonight.

I know the sacrifice

you have made to be here.

Many of you, I know,

are estranged from the lives

you once had.

Yet, I feel

your spirit tonight.

For 50 years,

we have labored peacefully

to secure the vote for women.

We've been ridiculed,

battered and ignored.

Yes.

Now we have realized

that deeds and sacrifice

must be the order

of the day.

Yeah!

We are fighting

for a time

in which every little girl

born into the world

will have an equal chance

with her brothers.

Never underestimate

the power we women have

to define

our own destinies.

Yes!

We do not want

to be lawbreakers.

We want to be lawmakers.

Be militant,

each of you

in your own way.

Those of you

who can break windows,

break them.

Those of you

who can further attack

the sacred idol of property,

do so.

We have been left

with no alternative

but to defy

this government.

If we must go to prison

to obtain the vote,

let it be

the windows of government,

not the bodies of women

which shall be broken.

Around the back, maud.

Around the back.

I incite this meeting

and all the women

in britain

to rebellion.

I would rather be

a rebel than a slave.

Don't let Mrs. pankhurst

be arrested!

No surrender!

Edith.

Mrs. p.

Dear Emily.

This is Mrs. watts,

Mrs. pankhurst.

- Maud.

- Thank you, maud.

Never surrender.

Never give up the fight.

Don't!

Let go of me!

Don't bother

arresting them.

Let their husbands

deal with them.

Drop them

at their front doors.

Sonny, I'm sorry.

I took you on, maud.

I thought I could

straighten you out.

What if you

don't need to?

You're a mother, maud.

You're a wife. My wife.

That's what you're

meant to be.

I'm not

just that anymore.

Sonny! Sonny!

What are you doing?

Sonny! Son--

Sonny, let-- what--

Sonny! Sonny!

- Get out!

- Sonny!

Let me see George!

Sonny?

Let me see George.

Sonny.

Sonny!

Let me in!

I wanna see George!

Sonny!

Hey!

You're a disgrace!

Right.

This is it.

Two and six

a week.

- Make it two and four.

- The union will pay.

Go on then.

I'll get you

some blankets

and clothes

from the wspu jumble.

They collect stuff

for women who--

I'm sorry.

No, no,

no, no, no.

Don't cry.

It aggravates them more

if they see it

hasn't touched you.

So you practice now

with me.

Do it, maud.

And god shall wipe away

all their tears.

And there shall be

no more death,

neither sorrow,

nor crying.

Neither shall there

be any more pain.

For the former things

are passed away.

Two and four a week

and a bed of bleeding nails.

Sweet dreams, Maudie.

So Mrs. pankhurst

is briefly out of hiding.

Gentlemen, this is

a deliberate escalation

of which the government

cannot accept.

Who knows what

they will do next.

They've been

given orders

to be ready.

The east London branch,

in particular, is to mobilize.

Should we even be taking

these threats seriously?

I would

not underestimate

the threat.

Neither would

the prime minister.

If it's to be tackled,

we need to get closer in.

I hope to track down those

still open to persuasion

and have them infiltrate

and inform on the others.

We've identified

weaknesses in their ranks.

We're hoping

one of them will break.

So I'm going to release

these to the press.

Here. Maud.

You seen yourself?

The shame of it.

"Mrs. pankhurst's

undesirables."

It's not a bad photograph,

though. I might cut it out.

Put it on me wall.

I want you out, maud.

After everything

I've done for you.

And how I've paid for it.

- Mr. Taylor.

What are you lookin' at?

Call the police!

Come back, maud!

You'll walk free

out of here, today.

In return, you'll help me.

There is information

you'll pass to me.

Anything you know,

anything you hear,

even if it's only a snippet

or a piece of conversation

that's of interest.

Look at me.

He deserved it.

If I told you--

and do you think anyone listens

to a girl like you?

That anyone cares?

They don't.

You're nothing in the world.

I grew up with girls

like you, maud.

People who sacrificed life

for revenge and a cause.

I know you.

And so do they.

They know how to draw

on girls like you.

Girls with no money,

no prospects, who want things

to be better.

They pimp and they preen

and they fluff you

and they tell you you are

the foot soldiers

of the cause.

But you're only fodder...

For a battle

none of you can win.

I'm offering you

a lifeline.

Take it.

Before it is too late.

Come on, George.

George, you're

scuffing your shoes

doin' that!

What's the matter with you?

What would your mother say?

Eh?

George!

What am i

going to do with ya?

Come on.

Maud?

I thought you

wouldn't come today.

March on.

- So--

- next time, get his

left hand and all.

It was an accident.

Now, ladies,

i ask you to remain vigilant

while coming and going.

Uh, we know

we're being watched.

But hopefully,

they will not expect

to find us here.

I recognized the militant path

may not be for all of you,

but, well, all I ask is for you

to make your decision now.

Anyone who doesn't want

to stay may leave.

I need only those who can

give their full commitment.

There will be no judgment.

Good. We can begin.

Violet, the map, please.

Now...

I have marked up a map.

The pillar boxes are red.

The telegraph wires

are green.

We shall cut into the heart

of communications.

But remember, it is vital

that no life is harmed

during your activities.

We shall start early,

before dawn.

That way the streets

should be deserted.

Everyone take a list

of the locations.

Memorize them,

then burn them.

We don't want them falling

into the wrong hands, do we?

You're it.

George. George.

George.

Shh, shh.

Mmm, darling.

How slow. Georgie, you can

run faster than that.

Wait, wait, wait.

Run, run, run.

No!

That's it.

Come here.

Unbelievable, you.

Who dressed you this morning?

Dad.

Dad.

You still got

your nightshirt on.

When you coming home?

I don't know.

Have you done something

very bad, mama?

Don't think so.

I just can't come home

at the moment.

Is it because

of your sickness?

Dad says you're

not well in the head.

That's not true, George.

Go on.

Here you are.

That's for today.

That's for tomorrow.

And that's to save

till I see you next.

Off you go.

George.

Come inside.

- Don't take him again, maud.

- Let me see him. Please.

Trust you with him?

After what you did

to Taylor?

What did Taylor do to me, Sonny?

For years.

George belongs to me.

The law says he's mine, maud.

Where he belongs is up to me.

That's the law.

Dear Mr. steed.

I thought about your offer,

and I have to say no.

You see, I am a suffragette

after all.

You tell me no one listens

to girls like me.

Well, I can't have that anymore.

All my life

I've been respectful,

done what men told me.

I know better now.

I'm worth no more,

no less than you.

Mrs. pankhurst said,

"if it's right for men

to fight for their freedom,

then it's right for women

to fight for theirs."

George, back to bed.

If the laws says

I can't see my son,

I will fight to change that law.

We're both foot soldiers

in our own way.

- Come on, maud.

- Everyone, find a partner.

Both fighting for our cause.

Maud.

I'm all right.

You have to participate

if you want to change

the way the world is run.

- Hyah!

- Ohh!

Jolly good.

All right, Maudie.

I won't betray mine.

Would you betray yours?

If you thought I would,

you were wrong about me.

Yours sincerely,

maud watts.

Another explosion

at cadogan square.

It's happening

all over London, sir.

And telegraph wires cut.

Miss withers was seen

in the vicinity.

You get a warrant.

Morning.

Inspector.

That's a lot of

worming tablets, Mr. ellyn.

One of life's great parasites,

inspector steed.

Is your wife in?

Edith!

Just concluding a treatment.

I can go through.

Uh, mastitis.

See you on Friday.

You're a wet nurse now,

eh, miss withers?

Shall we get this

over with?

You've searched before

and found nothing,

but I'm happy to comply again.

You're a very clever woman,

Mrs. ellyn. I'll give you that,

the way you seduce these women.

Draw them in,

train them in destruction.

You're under arrest,

miss withers.

I'd advise you

not to struggle.

Take her out.

Get off!

Come on.

- Get off!

- Get off me!

I'd advise you

not to struggle.

Take her out.

- Am I also to be arrested?

- No!

Not today, Mrs. ellyn.

No! No!

Let go of me!

Oh! Oh!

Miss withers will get

six months at least.

I could do a few weeks,

Edith, but--

what are you saying?

This isn't the time

to stand down.

No, we push on.

Capitalize on

press interest.

The press do nothing

but scorn and mock us.

They scorn and mock us

because they feel

our threat.

Mrs. haughton.

Ladies.

Have you got the information

i asked for?

Lloyd George's summerhouse

is not yet completed.

He was complaining about it

at dinner just the other night.

It's being built next

to the golf course

at walton-on-the-hill,

paid for by the owner

of the news of the world.

Valuable information.

Thank you.

Edith, come here.

Mrs. watts,

how is your son?

It's his birthday tomorrow.

I'm so sorry for you.

I trusted my husband

and this government.

I was wrong.

- I have to go.

- I don't have the strength.

Please, just listen

to me, Edith.

A minister's home?

That's going too far.

Why too far?

It's unoccupied.

It is empty.

No one will be harmed.

Your commitment, Edith.

I always knew you'd take it as

far as it must go, but this--

- Mrs. pankhurst, she asked us--

- Mrs. pankhurst asked too much.

Violet. Vi!

Listen, you can't do this.

You can't bring me into this

and then just leave me.

I'm sorry, maud,

but I can't. I'm--

not now.

Oh, vi.

I can't take care

of the ones I got.

Oh.

When are you due?

Summer.

Oh, maud, I'm so sorry.

I just want to wish him

happy birthday.

At least let me do that.

Not now.

Sonny.

Sonny.

Don't.

You can't--

you're too late.

This is

Mr. and Mrs. drayton.

They're taking George.

What are you talking about?

Adopting him.

- Sonny--

- we have a very nice home,

with a garden...

And all that he'll need.

- No. George--

- I can't look after him,

maud.

Sonny, please.

I can't be a mother to him.

We have no family, maud.

No one to take him.

I can't do it all.

Mrs. garston won't take him.

No one around here will.

Sonny, just let me--

George--

we've been cast out, maud.

We've been cast out.

Georgie, come here.

Come here. Come here.

Say your good-byes

and then let him go.

Open your present.

Georgie...

Your mother's name

is maud watts.

Don't forget that name...

'Cause I will be waiting

for you to find me.

Will you find me,

George?

Don't forget it.

Come on.

No. No. No!

Come on, George.

No. No.

- Let him-- take him.

- Mama.

No. Darling. No.

Sonny-- ohh!

- Mama.

- Sonny! No!

What have you done?

Maud, it's for the best.

What have you done?

Shush!

What have you done?

- It's for the best.

- What have you done?

No! No!

Maud!

What have you done, Sonny?

What have you done?

Maud--

what have you done?

Can I help you with that?

No, I can do it.

So Violet will not be

joining us anymore?

No. She questioned

our strategy.

Our friends are there

to challenge us.

To keep the balances

and checks, Edith.

- No, no.

They're can be no doubting.

- The movement is divided now.

Even Sylvia pankhurst is opposed

to her mother and her sister's

militant strategy.

The only way is forward.

And what if you blow yourself up

with one of those damn things?

What happens to

your damn cause then?

Emily.

Are you all right?

Maud!

Hugh, go.

Mrs. watts.

Come with us, please.

You're under arrest.

When women attack the home

of-- of a government minister,

we have reached

a state of anarchy

we can no longer ignore.

This has to stop.

The press can only

be tamed so long.

They grow

more and more interested

in these damn women

while we in government must

try to quash every new story.

Pankhurst claims responsibility

for the bombing and faces prison

while the real culprits go free.

She going to milk

every ounce of attention

she can in prison.

We've made some key arrests.

Punish those responsible

in whatever way you can.

You women cleaned

yourselves up well.

Couldn't find a scrap

of dynamite on any of you.

Then why am I here?

Oh, you'll be charged.

For illegal meetings

if for nothing else.

You know there was

a housekeeper on her way back

when the bomb went off?

She forgot her gloves.

If she was two minutes later,

what would that have done

for your cause?

Violence doesn't discern!

It takes the innocent

and the guilty!

What gives you the right to put

that woman's life at risk?

What gave you the right to

stand in the middle of a riot

and watch women beaten

and do nothing?

You're a hypocrite.

I uphold the law.

The law means nothing.

I've had no say

in making the law.

That's an excuse.

It's all we have.

We break windows,

we burn things,

'cause war is the only

language men listen to.

'Cause you've beaten us

and betrayed us, and there's

nothing else left.

And there's nothing left

but to stop you.

What are you gonna do?

Lock us all up?

We're in every home.

We're half the human race.

You can't stop us all.

You might lose your life

before this is over.

And we will win.

Sylvia, can you hear me?

- Five days.

- Will you eat now?

No!

No!

Hold her still.

No! No!

No!

Treatment of them grows

increasingly barbaric, sir.

What is the alternative?

They will not hold us to

ransom with their threats.

The fear is

they won't break, sir.

If one of them dies,

we'll have blood on our hands

and they'll have their martyr.

That must not happen.

Or Mrs. pankhurst

will have won.

Hello, Edith.

Maud.

Maud, can I drive you?

Best not.

I've left you

bedding at the church.

The union will send you word.

Emily.

Maud?

Violet.

I heard you

were sleeping here.

It's only bread

and a bit of broth.

That's all.

A little at a time.

Your tummy will be sore

what you've been through.

Whatever you're planning next,

you be careful.

You get caught again,

you'll see two years

inside at least.

Maybe longer.

Violet.

Maybe worse.

Oh.

Little monkey.

George used to kick me

until night.

How's Maggie?

Working every hour god sends

down at the laundry.

She's the only one who can

bring in a proper wage now.

Now, come on.

You eat something.

When did they raid?

First thing this morning.

Six arrests.

Edith, what are you

doing here?

You're not well.

There will be a vigil

for Mrs. pankhurst tonight

at westminster Abbey.

She's not going to last

this time in prison, maud.

- The king must pardon her.

- He's not going to

pardon her, Emily.

- Then we got to make him.

- How, when the government

silences the press?

Look, one column

on the bombing.

How do we make

ourselves heard?

One just has to gather

one's strength.

If it is the world's attention

that we must capture--

we take it

straight to the king.

Do something he can't ignore.

Edith, you're too weak to

face another prison sentence.

Oh, nonsense, Hugh.

Maud, please.

She's right.

Every violent assault

weakens her. Her heart

cannot take it.

Maud.

He's at the derby

on Wednesday.

The king is to attend.

There will be

thousands there.

You'll be stopped before

you get through the gates.

In those crowds,

we'll go unnoticed.

We will raise our flag in front

of the world's cameras.

The king's horse--

will be third

in the parade ring.

- Done.

- The eyes of

the world upon us.

Maud, no matter the risk,

we must not fail.

I want you to have this.

Edith gave it to me.

It has been an inspiration

to a great many of us.

Thank you.

So...

Tomorrow then?

Tomorrow.

Here's the latest

from surveillance, sir.

Miss maud watts.

She's sleeping

in St. Paul's church.

Hugh,

we ready?

I just need two milligrams

of the cold salt tincture,

if you please.

Could you not have finished

the orders last night?

What did you say?

Cold salt-- Hugh?

Hugh? Hugh!

- Let me out.

- I can't.

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

I'm sorry.

You've given enough.

Now we're going to be late.

Let me out.

Please, let me out!

Your heart

won't take it, Edith.

I can't let you out.

I'm sorry.

Keep to the left, please.

Ladies and gentlemen,

to the left, please.

Please have

your tickets ready.

Please have

your tickets ready,

ladies and gentlemen.

Where's Edith?

She wasn't

at the station.

- Tickets, please!

- Miss?

Would you like to

take the next turnstile?

The queue's much shorter.

Ta.

Man

- your majesty!

- Your majesty!

There he is.

Your majesty!

There's the king.

- Your majesty!

- Please, over here!

Now.

- Your majesty!

- Please, over here!

Majesty!

Over here!

Your majesty!

Sorry, miss.

It's green badges

to enter the paddock.

Can I help you?

Thank you very much, sir.

Sorry.

We will find

another way.

Sorry. Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

Let the gentleman through,

please.

Excuse me.

Follow me.

Sorry, sir. Sorry.

Emily.

Emily.

Excuse me.

Pardon. Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Excuse me. Emily.

Emily.

Never surrender.

Never give up the fight.

Emily!

Emily!

Maggie!

Maggie. Come on, darling.

Come on, Maggie. Let's go.

What are you doing, Mrs. watts?

Let's go.

- Where are you taking me?

- Oi!

Halt!

Sorry. Sorry.

Get back to work!

Ellen, I'll get the door myself!

Maud.

This is Maggie,

Violet's daughter.

She can launder and sew.

She does the best

collar starching,

and she can clean.

Come in, Maggie.

Be good.

Don't talk back.

Maud.

Come in, Maggie.

I'm Mrs. haughton.

"The woman wanderer goes forth

to seek the land of freedom.

'How am I to get there?'

reason answers,

'there is one way,

and one way only.

Down the banks of labor,

through the waters of suffering.

There is no other.'

the woman,

having discarded all to which

she'd formerly clung, cries out,

'for what do I go

to this far land which

no one has ever reached?

I am alone.

I'm utterly alone.'"

it's in every paper.

They say thousands

will line the streets.

We go on, Edith.

You taught me that.

You want to take that?

Daisy.

Thank you.

It's almost 1:00, Maggie.

Get your gloves and help

Mrs. Ellen.

"And reason said to her,

'silence. What do you hear?'

and she said,

'i hear the sound of feet.

A thousand times, ten thousands

and thousands of thousands,

and they beat this way.'

'they are the feet of those

that shall follow you.

Lead on.'"