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    Space mum

    Dec 03, 2020 4 minutes
    This is a science fiction film very much grounded in the everyday

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    Dir Alice Winocour, France, 2019 Picturehouse Entertainment, £12.99 (Blu-ray), £9.99 (DVD) + digital

    Women have been more prominent in the history of science fiction films than you might think. From Brigitte Helm in Fritz Lang’s , way back in 1927, though Patricia Neal in in the 1950s, Jane Fonda’s in the 1960s, Sigourney Weaver in in the 1970s, all the way through to Daisy Ridley in the latest films, women have played strong roles in the genre. That’s not to say such roles have always foregrounded issues of any great depth – could not fairly be described as ground-breaking – but they are nevertheless there. In , director Alice Winocour has made

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