How an Apology Creates a Turning Point in ‘Women Talking’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this scene from the drama “Women Talking,” the words “I’m sorry” take on tremendous weight.
The film, which is Oscar-nominated in the best picture and adapted screenplay categories, follows a group of women in an isolated religious community who have been the constant victims of sexual assault by men in their compound. The women are faced with a pivotal decision: do nothing, stay and fight the abusers or leave the community altogether.
In this sequence, Mariche (Jessie Buckley) is arguing to stay and fight, but that leads to conflict with Ona (Rooney Mara).
The tense exchange leads to an apology, first from Ona, then from Greta (Sheila McCarthy), Mariche’s mother, who expresses regret for not protecting Mariche from abuse and instead encouraging her to forgive her abuser.
Discussing the scene in an interview, the screenwriter and director Sarah Polley said, “This apology and the receiving of it is, in fact, the climax of the film, and it’s what allows the group to move together into a different future.”
Polley said that when shooting the scene, she spoke with a crew member who had a parallel experience to Mariche’s, growing up in a religious community and suffering abuse and feeling his parents weren’t protective of him in the way they should have been. She noticed that the crew member wasn’t responding to the apology as scripted.
The two sat down and she asked him what Greta would need to say for the moment to have meaning.
“We realized that what we hadn’t scripted was her saying the words, ‘I’m sorry,’” Polley said. She worked with the crew member and actors to build the most meaningful approach to this moment. “So it turned into a very collective expression of something,” she said.
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This is the apology I spent the majority of my life wishing I'd hear from my own mother.
This is the apology I wished I would hear from my own dad.
right...
crazy that the whole scene with autje walking towards her mom and jesse buckley breaking down was spontaneous
fr! that was the most heartbreaking moment in the film for me
Wow. This video really helped me to understand the film so much better and to appreciate the heartfelt collaboration of all the actors.
What a wonderful film. Cannot believe that there was spontaneity in this scene. All three actresses moved so elegantly in response to the others performance so well that I for sure thought it was written in. Great stuff!
its literally mediocre smear piece on men, just a misandrist movie
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Kind of hard seeing somebody get a kind of apology that I never will
That makes sense. I am sorry you never got the apology.
the movie is horrendous
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People should take appology seriously! God hates abuse. Not divorce. Get out of an abusive environment
Exactly they even say forgiveness can be misinterpreted as permission
Amen
Don’t distort the Bible. God hates both divorce and abuse. However, that doesn’t mean a woman should stay in a house where she’s being abused. Either make the man go or go yourself.
Any man who abuses his wife will face God and have to deal with Him.
“Im sorry” 3 times was possibly the most powerful moment in the movie
Hi, thanks for these videos! It would be nice if we could watch the "Tár" | Anatomy of a Scene episode here. Are you planning to upload it? Thank you!
brilliance and moved. i have not experienced DV but know I will never experience a "meaningful apology" from enabling relatives who do not see themselves as emotional abusers, despite everyone knowing the truth, facts and evidence
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its a mediocre misandrist movie
Ww-oooooow. This is on my list of movie to see but I live great character development and genuine human dynamics that occur beyond the dialogue.
The meaning full and amazing scene. i love it
Absolutely beautiful. Sarah is a goddess!
now that film looks like one huge piece of dung
levels of misandry that I never thought existed.
Is Lubyanka in charge? Clearly!
This is the most despicable movie I have ever seen. Even my girlfriend thought it was horrible. It should have won 50 Razzie Awards instead of Oscars.
Such a good movie ❤
its not and has no real point
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i dont understand this video at all, bye
Hey New York Times, how come you don’t talk about the cop that you quietly retracted the story over January 6.🤭💯
I’m just here to make fun of the NYT for Raccoon dog! 😂
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I'd like to hear the male Mennonite opinion of this movie 🤔
Look everyone, the NotAllMen guy is here 😂
You can go and ask them in their cell in Bolivia, they aren't going anywhere for a while...
Tryrrant is it?…..that says so much already
Yes, let's hear what the rapists and abusers have to say 🙄
@@elizabethhenning778 Not even that. it's BarelyAnyMen.
Fiction, just like everything else NYT produces.
When I heard about the title of this movie, I knew I'd rather watch the spiteful Velma-series forwards and backwards. And this scene confirms what I thought. It's so shallow and vapid. Surely it's unacceptable to hit anyone. But no one ever dares posing the question: «What's the last thing she said?». I can't wait for the sequel «Men Not Listening».
You clearly didn’t pay attention if you called this film shallow and vapid. This film is one of the best I’ve seen in a long time.
Hmmm... the simple title "women talking" invoked such a negative reaction in you. I wonder what kind of person both finds the concept of women talking so angering, and implies that domestic violence can be justified if the woman is being disagreeable 🤔🤔🧐
By the way, did you know that this movie is based on a real instance of men in a Mennonite community drugging/raping local women and girls in their sleep, that the victim's ages ranged from 3 years old to 65, and that the male dominated church authority did in fact tell the women that it was Satan or ghosts that committed the rapes? I wish that angered you half as much as the title "Women Talking" does.
Let's consult Wikipedia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba_Colony,_Bolivia
You're so spiteful and full of hatred that you'd rather stay ignorant rather than learning something. Watch the film. It's not Velma, it's oscar-nominated
@@talb.18058 were guilty, but this movie frames everyone in the community as guilty or involved in a coverup, which is completely contrary to the wiki you linked.
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