The Divine Order is a heartfelt and captivating film about women demanding their right to an equal voice.

| Nov 4, 2021

The scenery is gorgeous, lessons are learned and we're highly entertained.

| Nov 4, 2021

Funny, wise, and explicitly feminist, this yet another reminder - always a much needed one - that progress does not come easily, but that often even those who fear it will ultimately be much happier for it.

| Nov 4, 2021

Following in the footsteps of Sarah Gavron's similarly themed Suffragette in its focus on an ordinary woman whose domestic discord opens her eyes to wider issues

| Nov 4, 2021

This story of upheaval on a small scale is a powerful reminder of how far women have come - and how far too many still have to go...

| Nov 4, 2021

Divine Order works as a dream.

| Jun 3, 2020

This is a deceptively complex treatment of a fascinating historical subject...

| Mar 23, 2020

...an overt sentimentality denies this powerful subject the dignity and integrity which it deserves.

| Feb 13, 2020

There are few surprises here, and the manipulative third-act twist is unnecessary, but Volpe and her star keep the film relatively grounded and humane.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2019

It is breezy, light film, despite its serious subject, but it deserves credit for bringing to light a little known fact of Swiss history.

| Apr 26, 2019

As eager as the film is to be a crowdpleaser with big moments of humor and political triumph, it is careful to earn every one of them as others in the community come around to Nora's way of thinking.

| Oct 22, 2018

Too dramatic of a subject for this kind of comedy. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2018

Nothing jumps out aside its simplicity and fails to search the complexity in a story that is so clearly inclined that even its most extreme detractors would find it hard to find an attack. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 22, 2018

The revolution will be entertaining or it will not be. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 21, 2018

[Director] Petra Volpe develops well-defined, coherent characters. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 18, 2018

The Divine Order stays relatively cheerful before tumbling into melodrama in its final third.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2018

Think Suffragette meets Goodbye, Lenin! by way of Made in Dagenham.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 26, 2018

This is a serious film, but it has humour and tenderness too.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2018

Leuenberger is a shyly brilliant heroine, but formulaic set pieces and improbable character arcs rob the film of distinctiveness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2018

Deeply researched, and the production design is astonishing ... even the cinematography seems to come from the period ... while there is gentle humour, and triumph, nothing is overplayed ... Its dignity and reserve are inseparable.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 23, 2018