WOMEN TALKING Q&A | TIFF 2022

“The team behind WOMEN TALKING in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, and Jessie Buckley star in Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel about a cloistered world where women struggle with an epidemic of abuse. The 47th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 8 to 18, 2022. For more, visit . Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel grants us access to a tight-knit, cloistered religious colony in which women struggle to recover from an epidemic of abuse. Featuring riveting, emotionally complex performances from a stunning ensemble that includes Oscar nominees Rooney Mara and Jessie Buckley and Oscar winner Frances McDormand, Women Talking is a drama of harrowing revelations, fraught alliances, and the search for grace. Reeling from multiple counts of sexual abuse, newly uncov