{"id":26474,"date":"2022-12-14T17:28:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/trailer-watch-sarah-polley-tells-a-metoo-story-set-in-a-religious-community-in-women-talking\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T17:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T17:28:30","slug":"trailer-watch-sarah-polley-tells-a-metoo-story-set-in-a-religious-community-in-women-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/trailer-watch-sarah-polley-tells-a-metoo-story-set-in-a-religious-community-in-women-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer Watch: Sarah Polley Tells a #MeToo Story Set in a Religious Community in \u201cWomen Talking\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGirls Speaking\u201d is simply weeks away from hitting theaters. \u201cThe place I come from, the place your mom comes from, we didn\u2019t discuss our our bodies,\u201d we\u2019re informed in a brand new trailer for Sarah Polley\u2019s extremely anticipated awards contender. Primarily based on Miriam Toews\u2019 novel of the identical identify, \u201cGirls Speaking\u201d is impressed by actual occasions and tells the story of a distant spiritual colony in disaster. A collection of assaults have been perpetuated in opposition to the the neighborhood\u2019s women and girls. Within the wake of widespread sexual assault, the ladies band collectively to determine their future. \u201cWe hardly knew how you can learn or write, however that day we discovered how you can vote,\u201d a voiceover explains. They’re selecting between three totally different choices: do nothing, keep and combat, or go away.<\/p>\n

One lady worries that they may \u201cforfeit\u201d their place in heaven relying on which route they go. One other fears that she\u2019ll \u201cgrow to be a assassin\u201d if she stays.<\/p>\n

\u201cI imagined this movie within the realm of a fable,\u201d Polley reveals in her director\u2019s assertion. \u201cWhereas the story within the movie is particular to a small spiritual neighborhood, I felt that it wanted a big canvas, an epic scope by way of which to mirror the enormity and universality of the questions raised within the movie. To this finish, it felt crucial that the visible language of the movie breathe and increase. I wished to really feel in each body the countless potential and risk contained in a dialog about how you can remake a damaged world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGirls Speaking\u2019s\u201d ensemble forged contains Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, and Claire Foy. McDormand is a four-time Oscar winner who was final seen in \u201cThe Tragedy of Macbeth.\u201d Mara landed nods for \u201cCarol\u201d and \u201cThe Woman with the Dragon Tattoo.\u201d Buckley was nominated for finest supporting actress this 12 months for \u201cThe Misplaced Daughter.\u201d Foy gained an Emmy for \u201cThe Crown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polley\u2019s characteristic directing debut, 2006\u2019s \u201cAway From Her,\u201d landed her an Oscar nod for tailored screenplay. Her different movies embody 2011 Michelle Williams-starrer \u201cTake This Waltz\u201d and 2012 doc \u201cTales We Inform.\u201d Polley obtained a DGA Award nomination for the latter. \u201cDaybreak of the Useless\u201d and \u201cThe Candy Hereafter\u201d are amongst her on-screen credit.<\/p>\n

\u201cGirls Speaking\u201d hits choose theaters December 25 and opens vast January 20.<\/p>\n

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