Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
2015
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
Certain Women reunites Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass, 1994, Old Joy, 2005, Night Moves, 2013) with Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy, 2008, and Meek’s Cutoff, 2010) for a story about the lives of different women in Livingstone, Montana, a town of only 7,000 residents.
Laura Dern’s lawyer is conducting a surreptitious lunchtime affair with a married man while defending a disgruntled construction worker (Jared Harris) in a workplace accident suit. Williams is Gina, a woman of frustrated ambitions attempting to build a ‘perfect’ family with her husband and surly child, but struggling with her own slippery ethics as she tries to get things done in the sleepy town. And Native American actor Lily Gladstone rounds off the trio, playing lonely ranch hand Jamie, who enrols in a night school course and develops confusing feelings for supply teacher Beth (Kristen Stewart).
It’s all-round stellar work from an impeccable cast, with Gladstone particularly sublime as the near-silent figure struggling to articulate the nature of her interest in Beth. Drawing from Montana-native Maile Meloy’s short stories, Reichardt’s delicate, nuanced direction ensures that the minutest look or gesture gains epic significance. And the only moment in the film to employ scored music is so overwhelming it might just break your heart.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Laura Wells
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Ryan Lewis
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William Fuller
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Sheriff Rowles
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Gina Lewis
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Guthrie
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Albert
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Jamie, rancher
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Elizabeth Travis, 'Beth'
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secretary
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Billings, personal injury lawyer
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Fuller's wife
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hostage specialist
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Officer Tommy Carroll
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Amituana
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teacher 1
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teacher 2
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teacher 3
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diner waitress
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replacement teacher
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woman in diner
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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1st Assistant Director
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2nd Assistant Director
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Script Supervisor
Rights:
Production:
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Made possible in part by the
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Support provided by the
Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Residency Award - The Ohio State University
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With Support from
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Fiscal Sponsorship provided by
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With Support from
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Unit Production Manager
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Production Supervisor
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Production Co-ordinator
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Assistant Production Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant Services Provided by
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
Writing:
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Screenplay by
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Based on Stories ['Native Sandstone', 'Tome', 'Travis B'] by
Photography:
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Cinematographer
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1st Assistant Camera
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Gaffer
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Key Grip
Stills:
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Still Photographer
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Still Photographer
Special Effects:
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Visual Effects Studio
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Visual Effects Supervisor
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Property Master
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Assistant Costume Designer
Make-up:
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Make-up Department Head
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Hair Department Head
Titles:
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Title Design Studio
Film processing:
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Digital Intermediate Colourist
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Digital Intermediate Facility
Music:
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Music by
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Music Consultant
Sound:
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Sound Designer
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Production Sound Mixer
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Boom Operator
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Re-recording Mixer
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
Miscellaneous:
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Special Thanks
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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