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Tell It Like a Woman

2022 · 112 min

A globe-trotting collection of earnest, empowering vignettes that feels like a heartfelt patchwork of women's resilience.

Directed by: Lucía Puenzo, Catherine Hardwicke
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Action
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Pauletta Washington, Cara Delevingne

Tagline: A film by women, about women, for everyone.
Overview: Seven segments by female directors from different parts of the world and shot in Italy, India, Japan, and the U.S. Each is an inspirational and empowering story about women, by women, for everyone.

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Directed by: Lucía Puenzo, Catherine Hardwicke
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Action
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Pauletta Washington, Cara Delevingne

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
survival
family
justice
healing
Places: big city
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy, action
Directed by: Lucía Puenzo, Catherine Hardwicke, Taraji P. Henson, Mipo O
Written by: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Mipo O, Catherine Hardwicke, Lucía Puenzo
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Pauletta Washington, Cara Delevingne, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, Anne Watanabe, Margherita Buy, Jacqueline Fernandez
Music: Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Manels Favre
Cinematography: Paul M. Sommers, Nicolás Puenzo
Runtime: 112 min
Country: India, Italy, United States of America
Languages: English

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