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Oscar Season: Women Talking (2022)

Oscar Season: Women Talking (2022)

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Oene Kummer
Feb 20, 2023
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Women Talking is a poignant film about the immediate aftermath of extreme sexual abuse within a religious cult - and the women who try to escape it.

The movie, written and directed by Sarah Polley, is an adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel of the same name. It was recently nominated for two Oscars: Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

And if the Acad…

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