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Made in Dagenham

2010 · 113 min

A warm, rousing underdog story that balances factory-floor grit with gentle humour and a satisfying sense of justice.

Directed by: Nigel Cole
Genres: Comedy, Drama, History
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson

Tagline: In the fight for equal rights, an ordinary woman achieves something extraordinary.
Overview: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

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Directed by: Nigel Cole
Genres: Comedy, Drama, History
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
gender
class
family
power
Places: workplace
suburbs
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, history
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Written by: William Ivory
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Daniel Mays, Jaime Winstone
Music: David Arnold
Cinematography: John de Borman
Runtime: 113 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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