Women of Today (1958)
Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of different ethnicities, pointing out the benefits that the communist organization had brought to their daily lives. A special emphasis is placed on their status as mothers and on the role of nurseries and socialist kindergartens not only in making their lives easier, but also in giving them the time they need to build a career. Another concern of the filmmaker, starting from the concrete case of one of the protagonists, is to highlight the differences between the happy present and the not-too-distant past in which someone with her social status should have dedicated herself exclusively to raising children, in hygienic and extremely difficult lives.
Cast
- Ioana Drăgan - Narrator
Keywords
eastern europe, post war, romania, woman director, soviet realism, gender equality, women, nonfiction
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Women of Today about?
- Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of different ethnicities, pointing out the benefits that the communist organization had brought to their daily lives. A special emphasis is placed on their status as mothers and on the role of nurseries and socialist kindergartens not only in making their lives easier, but also in giving them the time they need to build a career. Another concern of the filmmaker, starting from the concrete case of one of the protagonists, is to highlight the differences between the happy present and the not-too-distant past in which someone with her social status should have dedicated herself exclusively to raising children, in hygienic and extremely difficult lives.
- Who directed Women of Today?
- Women of Today was directed by Márta Mészáros.
- Who stars in Women of Today?
- Women of Today stars Ioana Drăgan.
- How long is Women of Today?
- Women of Today has a runtime of 7m (7 minutes).
- What genre is Women of Today?
- Women of Today is a Documentary film.
- Where was Women of Today produced?
- Women of Today was produced in Romania.