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 ⓘ
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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