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Women Talking

2022 · 104 min

A quiet, intense chamber piece that feels like eavesdropping on a profound moral debate, heavy with pain but also with hope.

Tagline
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Leave.
Overview
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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  • MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • trauma
  • justice
  • freedom
  • gender
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sarah Polley
Written by
Sarah Polley
Starring
Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Sheila McCarthy, Kate Hallett, Michelle McLeod
Music
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Cinematography
Luc Montpellier
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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