Still in the context of celebrating International Women's Day 2022, it seems that the spirit of strong women in the world in fighting for their rights still remains.
Various efforts have been made by women to break the stigma of society towards women. Not only from these women, now from several communities there have been those who have started to support the ideas of justice for women.
One way is to support these ideas through the creation of a film. There are many strong female characters in the film whose struggles can be imitated. Starting from the way she thinks to how the behavior of the tough female character is described.
What kind of characters are worth emulating, right? Here are 5 characters from tough women in films whose struggles deserve to be imitated. Check it out!
Search: WWW (2019)
Search: WWW is a Korean drama that was released in 2019. This drama tells the story of 3 career women in maintaining their position in the world of work. This story begins with Bae Ta Mi (Im Soo Jung) who is a director at Unicon, an online portal company. She is a successful career woman, has a smart brain, and dares to have an opinion. He is also respected for his ability to think rationally and professionally.
However, in the middle of his career, Bae Ta Mi was betrayed by his former mentor, Song Ga Gyeong (Jeon Hye Jin) who tricked him into causing Bae Ta Mi to be fired. He also intends to take revenge by joining the company of his toughest rival named Baro.
At the company, he meets Cha Hyun (Lee Da Hae) who has a very different personality from him. In addition, Cha Hyun is described as a strong and independent woman who is also good at judo martial arts.
Although the three female characters are different, all of them are tough women who have their own strengths and perspectives. They are described as a group of women with high status who are able to be equal to men and must survive in a very competitive world of work.
In this Korean drama, you will see how the three women solve their problems in a calm, classy, and humane way. Although the storyline of this drama seems serious, the romance spices deserve a thumbs up. Not too much, but just right and make people who watch become addicted.
Little Women (2020)
Little Women is a Hollywood film that was released in Indonesia in February 2020. This film tells the story of 4 sisters who try to achieve their dreams in their own way.
The four brothers are described as a family who was born lacking in poverty, but their determination to achieve their dreams is very high. In this film, it is also told how they struggled to break the societal stigma of women at that time.
The introduction of the characters begins with Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) who at that time was migrating to New York to pursue his career as a teacher and novelist. Then, there is Amy March (Florence Pugh) who is the youngest child in the March family. He chose to stay in France with their aunt and left Concord, Massachusetts to study as an artist.
Next, there are Beth March (Eliza Scanlen) and Meg March (Emma Watson). Beth is the third child in the family. He is good at playing the piano. Meanwhile, Meg is the eldest of those who are married and are trying to start a family with a teacher named John Brooke (James Norton).
Although this film tells the story of each of the four brothers' life journeys, towards the end of the film, the conflict that is mostly shown is the story of Jo, Amy and Laurie (Timothée Chalamet).
Timothee Chalamet in the movie Little WomenTimothee Chalamet in the movie Little Women/ Photo: Instagram tchalamet
Laurie is a neighbor of the March family who has a secret crush on Jo. One day, Laurie proposes to Jo and Jo rejects the proposal. Reporting from CNN Indonesia, Jo rejected it with bubbling emotions and said, "I'd hate elegant society, and you'd hate my scribbling, and we would be unhappy, and wish we hadn't done it, and everything will be horrid. ."
The love story between Jo and Laurie had to end bitterly before they even really started. Jo prefers to pursue her dream as a writer to New York. Meanwhile, Laurie who is frustrated by this decides to take a vacation to France. There he met Amy.
Long story short, Laurie fell in love with Amy. He tried to propose to Amy and in the end they got married. Before deciding to get married, Amy and Laurie had a deep talk about marriage.
Launching from CNN Indonesia, Amy countered Laurie's criticism of marriage by saying, "I'm just a woman. There's no way I can have my own money. It's not enough to support my family, and even though I have money--which in reality I don't--the money will also be belonged to my husband when we got married,".
It didn't stop there, Amy added, "If we had children, they would be hers, not mine. They would be her property. So don't sit there and say that marriage is not an economic strategy because it is. Maybe not for you, but it's clear to me."
In the end, Laurie finds her happiness with Amy. Likewise with Jo who is persistent to fight for his dream. He remained a writer and managed to achieve his dream by publishing a novel.
Enola Holmes (2020)
The next tough female character that deserves to be imitated is the character of Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) in the film Enola Holmes which was released in 2020. It is said that Enola Holmes is the youngest sister of Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill).
Launching from CNN Indonesia, the film Enola Holmes is set in the 19th century in England. At that time, women were required to have an attitude that had been instilled since childhood, ranging from education, how to eat, to clothes. Enola's character in this film was created to try to break that stigma.
Not only to break the stigma about education, but also to break the stigma of how women should behave and portray the gender flexibility that Enola Holmes often brings in her adventures.
Well, Enola's story begins when she wakes up on the morning of her 16th birthday not finding her mother at home. The only thing her mother left behind was a box of codes that had to be deciphered to find the cause of her mother's disappearance.
Not yet finished solving the puzzle, Enola is enrolled in an all-girls school by Mycroft (Sam Claflin), who is none other than her second sister. Mycroft felt that Enola needed more guidance in education and "ethics" as high-class women. However, Enola is not her name if she just obeys her sister. He decides to run away from home to find his mother by starting his own adventure.
You can take the example of Enola's tough, intelligent, and confident character. As long as it's true and you believe in what you choose, just keep going, because women also have the right to make their own choices.
Woman Wearing Turban (2009)
Perempuan Berkalung Turban is a film that tells the story of the struggle of a Muslim woman named Anissa (Revalina S. Temat). She grew up in a conservative Muslim family, where women had to submit to men, which made Anissa's way of thinking inconsistent with her family's.
Anissa is described as a woman who is smart, tough, and brave. She has a dream to continue to defend the rights of other Muslim women. In order to achieve his dream, he enrolled to study in Yogyakarta.
However, unfortunately when he was accepted, his father did not agree with the reason it would cause slander because Anissa was not married at that time. When she tries to protest, her father forces Anissa to marry a man she doesn't love. The man's name is Samsudin (Reza Rahadian).
Instead of the happiness that Anissa gets, she suffers even more by receiving harsh treatment from her husband until it ends up being a honey. Her husband remarries another woman named Kalsum (Francine Roosenda).
Anissa, who could not be helped, chose to return to the Islamic boarding school. He didn't want to be too deep in sorrow until he finally chose to study again in Yogyakarta. There she also remained a Muslim woman who always defended the rights of other Muslim women.
Merry Riana: A Million Dollar Dream (2014)
You, must be familiar with this one film, right? The film, which is based on a true story, provides many lessons. This film tells the story of the life journey of Merry Riana (Chelsea Islan) in achieving her dream.
Merry is a descendant of Chinese who has a dream to study at Trisakti majoring in Electrical Engineering. However, he unfortunately had to let go of that dream because at that time in Jakarta there were riots and the 1998 monetary crisis.
Merry was forced to move to Singapore to achieve his dream. Arriving in Singapore, he had to rack his brains to survive and find a place to live with the remaining money he had. He did a lot of odd jobs and took part in a loan program so he could go to college.
Thanks to his persistence, he managed to get a place to live in a dormitory and funds to go to college. He also studied until he graduated at a university in Singapore with a major in Electronics Engineering (EEE).
Well, those are 5 tough female characters in films that you can emulate their struggles with. Do you have a favourite?