“Women” is inspired by an actual Mennonite community. It’s 2010 and the women have come together to decide what to do, now that they have to face that the men from their community have for years drugged and raped the women at night.
As soon as Sarah Polley read the book “Women Talking,” “I had a burning desire to make this as a film.”
An actor, writer and director, the Canadian Polley, 43, was Oscar nominated for her directorial debut “Away From Her.” “Women Talking,” a critics’ favorite and an expected Oscar contender, is nominated for two Golden Globes and six Critics Choice awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Adapted from Miriam Toews’ 2018 reality-based fiction, “Women” is inspired by an actual Mennonite community in Bolivia. It’s 2010 and the women, left alone when the men are called into town, have come together to decide what to do, now that they have to face that the men from their community have for years drugged and raped the women at night.
