Feminist Best Picture Oscar Nominee Presents ‘They Speak’

They speakthe Canadian-directed drama Sarah Polly which chronicles the deliberation of a group of contemporary Mennonite women repeatedly raped in their neighborhood and their decision to remain or leave this religious community, will be released in theaters tomorrow.

Nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay for the Oscars next Sunday, the film also written by Polley of the novel women who talkof Miriam Toewsis based on real events that occurred in a Mennonite community in Bolivia between 2005 and 2009, during which time approximately 130 women were drugged and raped by men from this colony.

The scintillating cast of the film includes Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw there Frances McDormandalso producer of the film and winner of three Oscars in the categories of female actor and another for the production nomadlandwhich was best picture two years ago.

The drama, in which production and costume design are also highlighted, focuses on the plebiscite and takes place almost entirely in the barn where the issue is debated, evoking classics such as 12 fighters (1957), the debut of one of New Hollywood’s benchmarks Sidney Lumetand other legal dramas, albeit in this case without litigation and with illiterate women.

“Although the story behind the events of They speak is violent, the film is not. We never see the violence that women have suffered. We only see brief glimpses of the consequences. Instead, we see a community of women coming together and having to decide, in a very short time, what their collective response will be,” she said. Polley about your movie.

Regarding the impact that the book of Toewsthe filmmaker recounted that “it went deep and sparked questions and thoughts never before articulated about the world today, such as questions about forgiveness, faith, systems of power, trauma, healing, guilt, community and self-determination, which led to bewildering hope.”

“I envisioned this film in the realm of fable. Although the film’s story is unique to a small religious community, I felt it needed a grand canvas, an epic through which to reflect the enormity and universality of the questions posed in the film,” added director.

Source: Telam

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