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PRIDE
English original version with German subtitles

A handshake has sealed many a deal.
Such was the case with the extraordinary alliance between two groups that came together in England in the summer of 1984: Bronski Beat meets Gaelic folk—or, to put it another way… a boisterous group of gay and lesbian Londoners meets striking Welsh coal miners. Friction at their first encounter is inevitable! But by the time the eccentric Jonathan shows the stiff-hipped Welshmen what real disco fever is all about, the ice seems to have been broken… Yet not every Welshman proves to be a grateful ally to the courageous city dwellers, and so they turn an entire village upside down.
The LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners) collects money for their miners in colorful buckets, using them to colorfully stand up to Margaret Thatcher’s ruthless policies.

_{United Kingdom 2014 by Matthew Warchus, 120 min., original English version with German subtitles, FSK 6
Cast: Ben Schnetzer, George MacKay, Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine}

English version:
It’s the summer of 1984—Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners, and later sets off in a minibus headed for a mining village in the heart of Wales to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly disparate communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

_{United Kingdom 2014, directed by Matthew Warchus, 120 min., English original version with German subtitles, FSK 6
Cast: Ben Schnetzer, George MacKay, Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine}