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Miriam Toews

Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite community

May 21, 1964 (60 years old)

in theaters on my screens

Women Talking

U.S. 2022. Drama by Sarah Polley with Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley. In 2010, in an isolated Mennonite community, women decide to put an end to the male violence they have always suffered.

Runtime: 104 min.

in theaters on my screens

All My Puny Sorrows

Can. 2021. Drama by Michael McGowan with Alison Pill, Mare Winningham, Sarah Gadon. The challenges faced by the women of a Mennonite family, who left the community following the suicide of their clan patriarch.

Runtime: 103 min.

in theaters on my screens

Silent Light

V.O.: Stellet Licht

Mex. 2007. Poetic drama by Carlos Reygadas with Cornelio Wall Fehr, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews. In Mexico, a Mennonite farmer is torn between his affection for the mother of his six children and his love for a restaurateur.

Runtime: 142 min.