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| THE WOMAN |
Year: 2011
USA: The Collective
UK: Revolver Entertainment
Cast: Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Angela Bettis,
Lauren Ashley Carter, Carlee Baker, Shyla Molhusen, Zach Rand,
Carlee Baker, Marcia Bennett, Chris Krzykowski, Alexa Marcigliano,
Tommy Nelson, Frank Olsen, Lauren Petre, Lauren Schroeder
Director: Lucky McKee
Country: USA
USA & UK: 101 mins
USA Rated: R for strong bloody violence, torture, a rape,
disturbing behavior, some graphic nudity, and language
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence, gore and
sexual violence
USA Release Date: 14 October 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 30 September 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
Directed by Lucky McKee, based on the bestselling novel by Jack
Ketchum, written Ketchum and McKee by and produced by Andrew van den
Houten and Robert Tonino for MODERNCINÉ, THE WOMAN is a disturbing
tale of torture and dirty little secrets that can haunt any
seemingly harmless neighborhood. The story follows a successful
country lawyer who captures and attempts to "civilize" the
last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the
Northeast in the wild for decades, thereby putting the lives of his
family in extreme jeopardy.
Starring Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers and Angela Bettis, the
film prompted furious debates and walkouts during its world premiere
in the Park City at Midnight program at the 2011 Sundance Film
Festival. Reports surfaced of people becoming sick while watching
the graphic scenes and one irate Sundance audience member went so
far as to say THE WOMAN “ought to be confiscated, burned. There's
no value in showing this to anyone." Whether a “wonderfully
bizarre tale” or an “inhumane degradation of women,” you’ll
have to decide for yourself.
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