Women Talking
Women Talking is an upcoming American drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews. Premise. One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly drugged and raped in the night by the men of their colony, who they are told are demons coming to punish them for their sins. Production. In December 2020, it was reported that Frances  McDormand would star in the film, which would be written and directed by Sarah Polley. In June 2021, Ben Whishaw, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy and Michelle McLeod joined the cast of the film. Hildur Guðnadóttir composed the film's score. Principal photography took place from July 19 to September 10, 2021, in Toronto.