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We Want Roses Too

We Want Roses Too

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 7, 2008

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

68%

Original Title

Vogliamo anche le rose

Director

Alina Marazzi

Description

The film looks again at recent events from a female point of view, through the first-hand accounts provided by the diaries of three women. Rather than focusing on the alleged objectivity of facts, the film gives space to a chorus of voices that narrate those events in first person, visually supported by archival footage of the period, drawn from the most varied sources - institutional, public, militant and private. Anita, Teresa and Valentina come from different Italian regions and different social backgrounds, but share the same feelings: they no longer feel as part of a society based on the patriarchal family, on the power of "husbands" and on the supremacy of males, which requires them to be efficient mothers, obedient wives and virtuous daughters.