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

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Ben Whishaw notableWork Women Talking
Hildur Guðnadóttir notableWork Women Talking (2022 film) score
linked to: Women Talking
Sarah Polley notableWork Women Talking
Sarah Polley directed Women Talking
Sarah Polley wroteScreenplayFor Women Talking
Ben Whishaw notableWork Women Talking
subject linked to: Whishaw
Miriam Toews workAdaptedAs Women Talking (film)
linked to: Women Talking
Women Talking hasAdaptation Women Talking (film)
subject linked to: Women Talking (novel)
linked to: Women Talking