IMDb plot summary: Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Directed by Sarah Polley. Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley.
Women Talking is a fictionalized account of a true story in which a group of Mennonite women are given the chance to respond to a culture of widespread sexual assault that has been covered up by the community. The entire film is a group of women discussing whether they are going to transport all the women out of the commmunity or stay and fight to change the system. There's just so much about this story that I love so much. Even when it's 95% just what the title states, a very long conversation, it's so compelling, and by the time it gets to the end I'm all emotionally wrapped up in it. This is a tremendous cast of actors, many of whom were new to me, and they do such a great job of showing how varied the response can be to mass trauma on this scale, with some furious and some defeatist and some doing seemingly just fine until they abruptly have a panic attack. I'm delighted it got the Best Adapted Screenplay win, because the screenplay truly is a triumph of examining these characters compassionately and honestly, and it's a great watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Women Talking > My Week With Marilyn
Women Talking > Anna Karenina
Women Talking < Secretary
Women Talking > The Farewell
Women Talking > The Jungle Book (1967)
Women Talking > Black Panther
Women Talking > 56 Up
Women Talking < Jean de Florette
Women Talking > Philadelphia
Women Talking < Detroit
Women Talking > Glengarry Glen Ross
Final spot: #488 out of 3775, or 87%.
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