Movie Fundraiser for the Heretaunga Women's Centre - Women Talking

Come join the women of the HWC for nibbles and a movie!

Women Talking

The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony's men. For years the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation.

Women Talking is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, and inspired by real-life events that occurred at the Manitoba Colony, a remote and isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia. The film stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand, who is also a producer on the film.

CW TW

This film deals with frank conversations of sexual assault.