In an isolated religious colony, A group of women is secretly gathering to talk about systemic sexual assaults committed by the men of their community. Sarah Polley Women Talking

Fiction, UNITED STATES,2022, 1h44, V.O. S-F., 16/16

In an isolated religious colony, A group of women is secretly gathering to talk about systemic sexual assaults committed by the men of their community. How to put an end to it without betraying their faith? They are suitable together of three possible options: do nothing, stay and fight, or leave.


Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley and Frances McDormand are breathtaking in this adaptation, nominated, of the famous novel by Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley affirms all her talent as a screenwriter and director there and immerses us forcefully in a cloistered universe, While skillfully expanding his criticism of patriarchal oppression to the whole of society. The wonderful soundtrack of the cellist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (Tár, Sicario) supports this cathartic trip to rage, sorrow and hope.