Women Talking

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Women Talking is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley, adapted from Miriam Toews’ novel about a group of Mennonite women grappling with systemic sexual abuse in their isolated religious community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian-American co-production
drama film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED
academyAwardResult Nominated for Best Picture
Won Best Adapted Screenplay
adaptationType loose adaptation of novel’s events
authorOfSourceWork Miriam Toews NERFINISHED
basedOn Women Talking (novel) NERFINISHED
castMember Ben Whishaw NERFINISHED
Frances McDormand NERFINISHED
Judith Ivey NERFINISHED
Kate Hallett NERFINISHED
Liv McNeil NERFINISHED
Michelle McLeod NERFINISHED
Sheila McCarthy NERFINISHED
cinematographer Luc Montpellier NERFINISHED
composer Hildur Guðnadóttir NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive
director Sarah Polley NERFINISHED
distributor United Artists Releasing NERFINISHED
editor Christopher Donaldson NERFINISHED
Roslyn Kalloo NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED
genre drama
independent film
language English
leadActor Claire Foy NERFINISHED
Jessie Buckley NERFINISHED
Rooney Mara NERFINISHED
metacriticScoreRange high 70s to low 80s
narrativeFocus Mennonite women debating whether to stay and fight or leave their colony
producer Dede Gardner NERFINISHED
Frances McDormand NERFINISHED
Jeremy Kleiner NERFINISHED
producersGuildOfAmericaAward PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture nomination NERFINISHED
productionCompany Plan B Entertainment NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2022
rotorTomatoesRatingApprox above 85 percent
runtimeMinutes 104
screenActorsGuildAward SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast nomination NERFINISHED
screenwriter Sarah Polley NERFINISHED
setting isolated Mennonite colony
theatricalReleaseCountry Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
theatricalReleaseDate 2022-12-23
2023-01-20
theme collective decision-making
feminism
patriarchy
religious fundamentalism
sexual abuse
timePeriod early 2010s
worldPremiereAt Telluride Film Festival NERFINISHED
worldPremiereDate 2022-09-02
writersGuildOfAmericaAward WGA Award for Adapted Screenplay nomination NERFINISHED

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Ben Whishaw notableWork Women Talking
Hildur Guðnadóttir notableWork Women Talking
this entity surface form: Women Talking (2022 film) score
Sarah Polley notableWork Women Talking
Sarah Polley directed Women Talking
Sarah Polley wroteScreenplayFor Women Talking