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Film
Battle of the Sexes
Jonathan Dayton, 2017I 1970’erne tager verdensstjernen i tennis, Billie Jean King, kampen op mod manglende ligestilling. Samtidig indleder hun – der er gift og har børn – et hemmeligt lesbisk forhold. Sammen med flere…
I 1970’erne tager verdensstjernen i tennis, Billie Jean King, kampen op mod manglende ligestilling. Samtidig indleder hun – der er gift og har børn – et hemmeligt lesbisk forhold. Sammen med flere andre kvindelige professionelle tennisspillere trækker hun sig i 1973 fra de store turneringer i protest mod, at mandlige tennisspillere får flere præmiepenge.
ENGLISH
In 1973, the tennis match between world no. 1 Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was “the battle of the sexes” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the establishment for equal pay, the private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past.
Medvirkende: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales
Instruktør: Jonathan Dayton
Storbritannien, USA, 2017
DCP, 121 min.
Engelsk dialog
Tilladt for børn over 15 år
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ENGLISH
In 1973, the tennis match between world no. 1 Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was “the battle of the sexes” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the establishment for equal pay, the private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past.
Instruktør: Jonathan Dayton
Storbritannien, USA, 2017
DCP, 121 min.
Engelsk dialog
Tilladt for børn over 15 år