Directed by:
Mona FastvoldCinematography:
Andre ChemetoffComposer:
Daniel BlumbergCast:
Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott, Andreea Vasile, Ioachim Ciobanu, Karina Ziana GherasimVOD (4)
Plots(1)
In upstate New York in the 1850s, Abigail begins a new year on the rural farm where she lives with her husband Dyer. As Abigail considers the year to come through her journal entries, we experience the marked contrast between her deliberate, stoic manner and her unravelling complex emotions. Spring arrives and Abigail meets Tallie, an emotionally frank and arrestingly beautiful newcomer renting a neighbouring farm with her husband, Finney. The two strike up a tentative relationship, filling a void in their lives which neither knew existed. We follow the progress of the two women’s increased intimacy and passionate devotion to one another, even as they begin to register that they have no model for this new state in which they find themselves. As both husbands come to terms with the intensity of their wives’ connection—Dyer’s wounded feelings and Finney’s jealous vindictiveness—events climax with Finney’s decision to move Tallie away, and Abigail’s determination to pursue her lost kindred spirit. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Vanessa Kirby
UK
Best movies:
A Streetcar Named Desire (2014) (theatrical recording)
About Time (2013)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Katherine Waterston
UK
Best movies:
Babylon (2022)
Mid90s (2018)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Casey Affleck
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Interstellar (2014)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Abbott
USA
Best movies:
Poor Things (2023)
First Man (2018)
Entergalactic (2022)
Andreea Vasile
Romania
Best movies:
Why me? (2015)
The World to Come (2020)
Charleston (2017)
Ioachim Ciobanu
Romania
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Graduation (2016)
Dogs (2016)
Karina Ziana Gherasim
Best movies:
The World to Come (2020)