Women Talking (15) Borderlines Film Festival

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A group of Mennonite women gather together to debate a course of action in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ bestseller about abuse and solidarity.

Women in the closed community are experiencing bruising and battering. Some are pregnant. The elders claim it is God’s punishment for their sins. But a sighting reveals the truth: the assaults come from their own menfolk. In a sunlit barn, women exchange views: do nothing, stay to change the status quo, or do they leave? Dressed plainly and alike, each woman – played by a hugely gifted cast – delivers a sharply articulate and impassioned argument.

“adapted by the writerdirector Sarah Polley from Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel, [this] is vibrant cinema.” Shirley Li, The Atlantic

DIRECTOR: Sarah Polley
STARRING: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand
US, 2022
1 HOUR 44 MINUTES
AUDIO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE
SUBTITLED SCREENING: THURSDAY 16TH MARCH, 4.30PM

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