Women Talking Review : Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and

FILM REVIEW FILM REVIEW By : Quick Insurance Guru By : Quick Insurance Guru Saturday, 3 September 2022 Saturday, 3 September 2022

“What follows is an act of female imagination,” declares a tile card at the beginning of Women Talking.

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It’s an accurate description — the feature is writer-director Sarah Polley’s adaptation of a novel by

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Miriam Toews, centered on the female members of a Mennonite colony. But those opening words are also

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The women are sorting out their response to years of calculated sexual abuse...know more

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The philosophical and sometimes faith-steeped bent of the women’s discussion might put off audiences not willing to go there.

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where for years women were drugged and raped while they slept by a group of men in their colony.

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Distributor: United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures Production companies: Hear/Say Productions, Plan B

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Cast: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, August

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Director-screenwriter: Sarah Polley Based on the novel by Miriam Toews Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand

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