Fwd: Fimls about Justice

From: Freeland, Cynthia A <[email protected]>

A Question of Silence, dir. Marleen Gorris, 1982.
Much-discussed and screened in earlier days of feminism.  The film features
the female psychiatrist for the court as the detective trying to understand
the crime. In retracing the day experienced by each of the three women
murderers, she (and we) come to understand their rage against men. The film
has one of the best scenes I have seen of a woman speaking at a meeting
around a conference table where her idea is ignored until it is re-stated
by a man and then pronounced brilliant.  The movie makes YOU want to go out
and kill someone.

Plot summary from imdb.com:
Three women, all strangers to each other, meet in a dress boutique. One of
the three is approached by the male proprietor as she is shoplifting a
garment. When he approaches her the other two join her in beating the man
to death. Other female shoppers ignore the whole situation and leave when
the crime is complete. The court appoints a female psychriatrist to examine
the women; contrary to public opinion the psychiatrist finds they are not
insane but implies the rage expressed by the crime is a result of the male
dominated society. An interesting study of extreme behavior. The prisoner's
cells were a revelation.

Cynthia Freeland
Philosophy/Univ of Houston
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