Wikipedia of A Question of Silence

Recently, I watched a really interesting Dutch feminist film called A Question of Silence. I thought the film was so fascinating and wanted to read more on it so I began where most people start their searches: Wikipedia. When I got on the website, I noticed the plot summary of the film was very short and did not include a lot of information. It looked like this:

Housewife Christine M. tries to shoplift some merchandise from a boutique in a shopping mall but is caught by the male shopkeeper. Christine and two other customers, waitress Annie and secretary Anna, beat the man to death, witnessed by a large group of other female shoppers. They are tried with murder and deny the plea of insanity that the male prosecutor and judges assume they should plead. The female criminal psychiatrist assigned to ascertain their level of sanity comes to identify with the women's situations and concludes that they are not insane but have been driven to murder by the strain of living in a patriarchy.

This plot contained wrong information about the secretary's name and did not include the psychiatrist's name despite her large role in the film. I decided to expand the plot summary and fix the characters' names. With my changes the plot summary now looks like this:

Christine is a housewife, who does not speak. Her husband works while she stays home with their three children. Andrea is an executive secretary in an office predominantly run by men. Annie is a jolly waitress at a local café. These three women have never met before until one day in a dress boutique. Christine attempts to shoplift a dress by slipping it into her bag. She is approached by the male owner of the store. After refusing to return the garment, Andrea and Annie join Christine in a circle around the man. Together, the three women brutally murder him as a group of women stand and silently but attentively watch. 

Female criminal psychiatrist, Janine, is appointed to the case of these three women by the court to determine if they are sane or crazy. Janine takes the time to get to know each woman and their story. None of the three will say why they committed the crime, Janine comes to realize they were fed up with the strain of living in a patriarchy. After much deliberation, she concludes that they are all sane and finds herself identifying with them. Eventually tensions rise between Janine and her husband because he worries her statement in court will ruin his reputation. 

The court date arrives and Janine gives her professional opinion that the three women are in fact sane and that the court should take into consideration that the owner of the boutique was a male. Despite the prosecutors attempts to get her to change her opinion, she stands her ground. When the prosecutor suggests that the crime would have still happened if the owner were a woman, Christine, Andrea, Annie, Janine and the other women who witnessed the crime all laugh and exit the courtroom.

When writing my summary, I wanted to stay away from a lot of major spoilers and deep analysis of the film. Though it is a rich film that provides for an interesting analysis, I thought a simple, but extended, plot summary was the best way to go. I also didn't want my edit to be too lengthy because then it's more a full synopsis. The page now features a more detailed plot summary so visitors can either jog their memory of key plot points from the film or determine if they even want to watch it.