Women Talking

The film is based on the 2018 eponymous novel by Miriam Toews, and is inspired by real-life events that occurred at the Manitoba Colony, a remote and isolated ...

In Sarah Polley's Oscar acceptance speech, the writer and director made a powerful case for the power of healthy communication and finding hope.

“Miriam Toews wrote an essential novel about a radical act of democracy in which people who don’t agree on every single issue manage to sit together in a room and carve out a way forward together free of violence. “It’s a promise and a commitment and an anchor and it’s what i’d like to say with all of my might to my three incredible kids, Eve, Isla and Amy as they make their way through this beautiful world.” It’s a complex, nuanced look at the difficulties of effective discussion and at the quiet power of women.

Sarah Polley won her first Oscar for her Women Talking. “First of all, just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and ...

The majority of winners for the Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar are based on novels. The truth comes out and the women talk about finding a solution to their situation. Women Talking was written and directed by Polley.

Sarah Polley won the Oscar for Women Talking at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. The acclaimed writer and director was competing in the highly c...

'Women Talking' is about a group of women who gather in a hayloft to discuss what steps to take after a series of sexual assaults shocks their remote ...

The movie’s ensemble cast includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley. She was previously nominated in the same category for the 2007 relationship drama “Away from Her.” “Women Talking” is about a group of women who gather in a hayloft to discuss what steps to take after a series of sexual assaults shocks their remote Mennonite community.