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.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.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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 64 wins & 163 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie is based on Miriam Toews's 2018 novel of the same name, which was based on a true story of rapes in an insular, ultraconservative Mennonite community in Bolivia. From 2005 to 2009, nine men in the remote Manitoba Colony, using livestock tranquilizers, drugged female victims ranging in age from three to 60 and violently raped them at night. When the girls and women awoke bruised and covered in blood, the men of the colony dismissed their reports as delusions (even when they became pregnant from the assaults) or punishments from God or by demons for their sins. According to a May 2019 BBC article by Linda Pressly, when the assailants were finally caught, they were arrested by Bolivian authorities. One fled from justice, but the other eight were tried and convicted. Seven were sentenced to 25 years in prison for repeated, multiple rapes; an eighth was convicted for providing the drug, then released. According to a 2013 Vice article by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, some men and boys in the colony had also been raped, and the druggings and rapes continued after the arrests.
- GoofsNettie identifies as a man name "Melvin". The Mennonite do not allow members to identify as anything other than their biological sex and gender. In real life, Nettie would have been excommunicated. There are over one hundred different Anabaptist (Amish, Brethren, Hutterite, Mennonite) church groups, counting more than 6,000 congregations, all holding to slightly different traditions and their own interpretations of the Bible. The movie never identified the Anabaptist group of the colony.
Featured review
Magnificent Cast
Rooney Mara and Ben Whislow deserved Oscars for their magnificent performances in this film. He is a former member of a fanatical religious community who had been excommunicated but was allowed to return as a teacher. Mara is one of the women of the isolated flock who has been raped and is pregnant.
Most of the film takes place in a barn with extensive dialogue amongst the women deciding whether to stay or leave after frequent sexual assaults by the men of the self-sustaining farm.
The story is based on a true crime in Bolivia where women were drugged and raped in a Mennonite community and the perpetrators claimed that the victims were delusional.
Mara and Whislow head a great ensemble and this is one of the best films of 2022.
Most of the film takes place in a barn with extensive dialogue amongst the women deciding whether to stay or leave after frequent sexual assaults by the men of the self-sustaining farm.
The story is based on a true crime in Bolivia where women were drugged and raped in a Mennonite community and the perpetrators claimed that the victims were delusional.
Mara and Whislow head a great ensemble and this is one of the best films of 2022.
helpful•1615
- billcr12
- Jul 11, 2023
- How long is Women Talking?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ellas hablan
- Filming locations
- Enercare Centre, 100 Princes' Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Barn interior scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,456,531
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $40,530
- Dec 25, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $9,276,103
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.76 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content