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1) The women
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Clothing designer Mary Haines lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the editor at a prominent fashion magazine. The women dictate the latest trends in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with perfume salesgirl Crystal Allen at Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. Everyone in their...
2) The women
Series
Language
English
Description
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a rift between the men and women in a devout community in Jerusalem in this rousing, good-hearted comedy. Awash with Jerusalem's distinctive glow, THE WOMEN'S BALCONY is a warm, poignant portrait of a modern community struggling to balance protocol with practical, progressive values - at once rebellious and respectful in spirit.. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Orna Banai) and Best Supporting...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
The French tradition of comedy built around impeccable timing and flawless acting is alive and well in this farce about a group of vibrant Spanish maids who shake things up in 1960s Paris. Jean-Louis has a quiet, bourgeois existence, living peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne while their children are at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria. Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Two crucial women illuminate the core themes and dynamics of Hamlet. Grasp how Gertrude, who speaks only in moderation, compellingly underlines the issues of loyalty and betrayal that drive the story, and how Ophelia, torn between irreconcilable male figures, becomes a sacrifice to the tragic forces of the play.
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Assamese
Description
THE WOMEN WEAVERS OF ASSAM focuses on the craft, labour and the everyday lives of a group of women weavers in India’s northeastern state of Assam. The weavers belong to a non-profit collective called Tezpur District Mahila Samiti (TDMS), which was founded a century ago by women activists and Gandhian freedom fighters of Assam. The TDMS weavers preserve traditional motifs and methods of Assamese weaving, which have been declining since the introduction...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Women's Olamal follows the events that preceded a controversial ceremony in Loita, Kenya, to bless the women and to increase their ability to have children. This film, presented in observational style with limited commentary, depicts some of the tensions between men and women in Maasai society which, in this case, erupt in a violent row between them.
Author
Language
עברית
Description
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. When the women's balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi's wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation goes into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Jean-Louis lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic wife Suzanne while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a new Spanish maid, María. Through María, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids who teach him...
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 9
Language
English
Description
The ladies partake in a Congressional hearing about the dangers of depicting violence against women in movies and television. A vast array of female stars have cameo appearances.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 8
Language
English
Description
A perky young intern named Veda takes over as secretary and immediately rubs her coworkers the wrong way, but none of them have the heart to fire her. Meanwhile, Natty and Sissy engage in an escalating war of practical jokes.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 7
Language
English
Description
Suzanne's co-workers swoon over her ex-husband and jealousy rears its ugly head when he asks out Malone.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 12
Language
English
Description
When Natty becomes violently ill, she asks Sissy to spend the weekend with her boyfriend Ed in prison so he won't have to forfeit use of the conjugal cottage. Complications arise when the two find themselves attracted to one another.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 11
Language
English
Description
When an overzealous congresswoman launches an investigation on Suzanne, she asks her old friend Anthony to dispose of her diary, fearing that her weight could become public knowledge.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 6
Language
English
Description
Repressed Malone decides she's reached a point in her life when she should unleash her sexuality. Meanwhile, Sissy sells exotic lingerie in the office, and Suzanne decides to show constituents top-secret documents.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Malone is asked out on a date, her coworkers rally around to give the naive and newly-single mother some useful advice about men.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 10
Language
English
Description
Suzanne, Natty and Sissy are sent to Alaska for work, where they meet a trio of hunky men who seem too good to be true.
Author
Series
Women of the House volume 5
Language
English
Description
When the ladies gather to monitor violence against women on TV for a Congressional hearing, a dieting Suzanne becomes increasingly annoyed by everyone's jabbering, and a tasteless joke leads Natty to report Sissy to the F.B.I.
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