If you’re expecting to come across another film that explores the sordid methods of a serial killer with a certain fascination for violence, you’re on the wrong track. Out on Disney+ this Friday, March 17 The Boston Strangler offers a completely renewed point of view on a series of feminicides committed in the 60s.
Worn by Keira Knightley and Carry Coonthe film is less the story of a serial killer thana tribute to two female journalists having broken the sexist codes of the time to clarify a case that puts the safety of women at risk.
The Boston Strangler, what is it about?
Loretta McLaughlin is a reporter for the newspaper Record-American. In the face of media disinterest in a series of feminicides committed in Boston, the journalist will conduct her own investigation, despite attempts to do so his male superiors for the en discourage.
Despite the difficulties arising from Sexism reigning around her, Loretta will find an ally in her colleague and confidante Jean Cole.
Meanwhile, the killer continues to crack down, systematically assaulting women…
Actors involved in the fight for women’s safety
This isn’t the first time the true story of the Boston killer has been told through a work of fiction. Richard Fleischer had already brought it to the screen in 1968. But despite the popularity of this sordid story where thirteen women were raped and strangled in their homes, the names of the two journalists who revealed it have long been invisible. It is on this point that the director’s thriller is born Matte Ruskin stands out in the Disney+ catalog.
In a press conference, Keira Knightley particularly insisted on this point, declaring: “I found it very interesting that most people don’t know that it was two women who solved the case. »
Referring to the movie as a “a love song for investigative journalists »the British actress explained that this case had been “ignored by the male ruling class”. According to her, this lack of interest shows “How important it is to have so many female journalists for the safety of our communities. »
To all her, her on-screen acting partner Carrie Coon stands firm he denounced this invisibility :
“That these women played such an important role in bringing the case to light, forcing the police to share their information and that their names are never mentionedthis is what attracts me the most shocked “.
To discover this thriller with feminist undertones, go to Disney+.
Source: Madmoizelle
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