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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Women talking / Orion Pictures presents ; a Plan B Entertainment, hear/say production ; directed by Sarah Polley ; screenplay by Sarah Polley ; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand.

Publisher, Date:

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2023]

Universal City, CA : Studio Distribution Services, [2023]

Description:

1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in

digital

optical

2.76:1

wide screen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

auditory captions

visual audioDescription

Summary:

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.

The women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Though the backstory, we see a community of women come together to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Stay and fight or leave. They will not do nothing. --Official synopsis

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content including sexual assault, bloody images, and some strong language.

Subjects:

Mennonite women -- Drama.

Rape -- Drama.

Religious communities -- Drama.

Misogyny -- Drama.

Conspiracies -- Drama.

Genre:

Religious films.

Psychological films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Polley, Sarah, film director, screenwriter.

Gardner, Dede, film producer.

Kleiner, Jeremy, film producer.

McDormand, Frances, film producer, actor.

Mara, Rooney, actor.

Foy, Claire, 1984- actor.

Buckley, Jessie, 1989- actor.

Ivey, Judith, 1951- actor.

McCarthy, Sheila, actor.

McLeod, Michelle, actor.

Hallett, Kate, actor.

McNeil, Liv, actor.

Winter, August, actor.

Whishaw, Ben, 1980- actor.

Container of (work): Toews, Miriam, 1964- Women talking.

Orion Pictures, presenter.

Plan B Entertainment, production company.

Hear/Say Productions, production company.

Universal Pictures (Firm), publisher.

Studio Distribution Services (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Based upon the book by Miriam Toews.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.

Anamorphic widescreen (2.76:1).

Director and screenwriter, Sarah Polley ; producers, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand ; cinematographer, Luc Montpellier ; film editors, Christopher Donaldson, Roslyn Kalloo ; music, Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, August Winter, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, wide screen (2.76:1); Dolby digital 5.1, DVS 2.0.

English or French dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.

Title from disc surface.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

English described video

ISBN:

9786318947572 : DVD

6318947574 : DVD

Publisher Number:

1000824659

3000093046

1211773

2000179669

Other Number:

1357122113

System Availability:

7

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

7

Control Number:

1000110

# Local items in:

5

# System items in:

5

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Women ta