Women Talking
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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.
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.
T he Canadian writer-director Sarah Polley ’s superbly inventive adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel begins with a declaration: “What follows is an act of female imagination.”Most disturbing, however, are the words of Mejal (Michelle McLeod), who has panic attacks because “they made us disbelieve ourselves” – leaving a gaping silence crying out to be filled by voices sardonically described in the novel as “only women talking”. The subject matter may be sombre, yet the tone of these conversations is thrillingly vibrant and engaging.
Overall, Women Talking is a timely, topical & thought-provoking drama that brims with hate, hurt & heartbreak in its illustration of the horrifying reality of female experience but there is also hope for a better future despite the agonising brutality of their past & present.
