Film · 2023
Women Talking
Directed by Sarah Polley · starring Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey and Claire Foy
- 1 h 44 min
- Drama
USA
- Released in the UK 9 February 2023
- 7.4 AverageMovieNCo
- 5.9 Users3 votes
- 8.8 Critics3 reviews
Synopsis
On February 17, Sarah Polley's latest film 'Women talking' will arrive at the cinemas . The Canadian who rose to fame as an actress in films such as 'Mr. Nobody', 'The Secret Life of Words' or 'Dawn of the Dead' adds three films under her direction with this one.
'Woman talking' tells the story of a group of women who belong to a strange and isolated religious community in 2010. These women will fight to recover the initial spirit of this religion, which has been desecrated, like their faith, by sexual abuse that these women suffered at the hands of the mens from the congregation.
The film is based on the novel by the writer, also Canadian, Miriam Toews. Toews and Polley have worked together on the adaptation of the book. The book, which bears the same name as the film, was published in 2018, five years later the story came to the big screen.
To impersonate this group of religious, Polley will have the actresses: Rooney Mara ('Millennium: The Men Who Didn't Love Women'), Claire Foy ('Fist Man - The First Man'), Judith Lee Ivey ('The Woman in Red'), Sheila McCarthy ('Possessed'), Jessie Buckley ('The Dark Daughter') and the winner of three Oscars Frances McDormand ('Nomaland').
The film is produced by Brad Pitt, Emily Jade Foley and Lucibello Brancatella.
Where to watch Women Talking
All the optionsAvailable now in the UK:
Availability checked on 8 November 2026.
The essentials
- Runtime
- 104 min1 hour and 44 minutes
- Box office
- $5.4min US
- How long is Women Talking?
- 1 hour and 44 minutes (104 minutes).
- When was Women Talking released in the UK?
- It was released in the UK on 9 February 2023.
- Who directed Women Talking?
- Sarah Polley.
- Who is in Women Talking?
- It stars Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Claire Foy and Sheila McCarthy.
- Where can I watch Women Talking?
- In the UK it is available with the Prime Video channel on MGM+ and to rent on Apple TV.
- How much did Women Talking make?
- It took $5.4 million in US.
Cast
Full cast (14)-
Rooney Mara Ona
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Judith Ivey Agata
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Claire Foy Salome
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Sheila McCarthy Greta
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Jessie Buckley Mariche
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Frances McDormand Scarface Janz
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Ben Whishaw August
- Director
- Sarah Polley
- Writers
- Sarah Polley
- Music
- Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Producers
- Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt
Videos and trailers
See the videoPhotos and posters
All 13 photosReviews
All 3 reviewsWhat the critics say average 8.8 from 3 outlets
- 10 Los Angeles TimesJustin Chang
The awakening of that mind and others in this community of a collective consciousness powerful enough to reshape the world or at least a small patch of it.
Read - 8.3 Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt
It's a testament to the fierce talent of those actresses that the film works as well as it does.
Read - 8.0 VarietyPeter Debruge
Polley is back with another bold thought experiment, inspired by a horrific conspiracy of sexual abuse discovered within a Mennonite community about a decade ago.
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Box office
Weekend by weekend-
US $5.4m
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UK £776,884
Awards
All the awards- Academy Awards (Oscars) 2023 1 of 2 nominations Won: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- Golden Globes 2023 2 nominations
- Actor Awards 2023 1 nomination
Soundtrack
See the song- Daydream BelieverThe Monkees Spotify
Trivia
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31 years later
It is the first Orion Pictures film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars since 'The Silence of the Lambs' in 1991.
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