Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini

2020 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · DIR. Kevin de la Isla O'Neill, Barrie Dowdall

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Overview

The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926. The film looks at how she almost changed the course of history and the enormous personal price she paid.

Dialogue Timeline — 970 lines

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00:00:29 "But you didn't know it was Mussolini when you retweeted.
00:02:43 in different parts of England?
00:06:07 And his politics kind of culminates in his appointment
00:09:05 would be discussed in the family and would have been an important part
00:13:02 He's a Socialist Catholic and I see her attachment to Christian Science
00:19:04 But it was... it showed how big that rift had been.
00:22:57 He's wounded in a training accident, a grenade accident
00:26:20 After Victor dies and she has a nervous breakdown,
00:29:15 I think there were 2,500 poses but about 30 million photographs
00:34:03 Mussolini is the killer of Matteotti,
00:37:26 and ends up in her shoulder, but other than that,
00:40:51 And McGrath was rather desperate because she doesn't,
00:47:14 who seems a worthy target.
00:51:55 that she needed police protection.
00:55:29 You will of course be subject to the full rigours of the law.
00:58:50 Well, I did it for love.
01:03:21 The hymen is not intact.
01:08:57 she's surrounded by people who then spirit her onto this train
01:11:55 I have had tuberculosis, you know.
01:15:37 Violet, it's me, Constance.
01:18:34 As world war seems inevitable, England and France sign
01:21:34 to stay in a private room.
01:24:29 An example other war criminals will not overlook.
01:28:20 Because it tells us a lot of what's going on now.

Cast & Characters

Olwen Fouéré Violet Gibson
Paraic Cullen Rosario Marciano
Siobhan Lynam Mary McGrath
Ciaran McGlynn Dr. Giannelly
Laura Kelly Constance Gibson
Michael Heavey Willie Gibson
Aidan J Collins Giacomo Matteotti
Ciara Kilbride Nurse Maclean
Cara Kochs Clara Petacci
Meagan Spellman Italian Nurse (voice)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed970
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:28:20

Production Record

DirectorKevin de la Isla O'Neill, Barrie Dowdall
LanguageEnglish

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