Women Talking Interview: Judith Ivey & Shelia McCarthy on Working with Sarah Polley & Jessie Buckley

Based on the novel by Miriam Toews, Women Talking is a powerful film by Sarah Polley that centers around an isolated Mennonite colony. When it’s revealed that the men of the community have been abusing the women for years, they meet in a barn to decide what they’re going to do: stay and do nothing, stay and fight, or leave and start anew somewhere else. The women must grapple with their faith, each other, and everything they’ve ever known to make a decision that will shape not only their futures but the future of generations to come. Before the film’s release in select theaters on December 23rd (expanding wide on January 6th and available everywhere on January 27th), I got a chance to speak to Sheila McCarthy and Judith Ivey, who play elders Greta and Agata in the film. They discussed who influenced their characters, what they learned from their younger co-stars, and how COVID regulations actually helped the cast develop their amazing chemistry. #womentalking #movies #oscars For intervie