Widows
Synopsis
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Gala Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 128 mins
- Director
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Steve McQueen
- Producer
- Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan
- Executive Producer
- Daniel Battsek, Rodrigo Cortés, Rose Garnett, Matthew Senreich, Bergen Swanson
- Editor
- Joe Walker
- Screenwriter
- Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Steve McQueen (screenplay), Lynda La Plante (original characters)
- Director of Photography
- Sean Bobbitt
- Production Designer
- Adam Stockhausen
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Principal cast
- Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coom, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, with Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, US coproduction
Twentieth Century Fox (US) and Regency Enterprises (US) present in association with Film4 (UK), A New Regency (US), See-Saw Films (UK), Lammas Park (UK) production
See-Saw Films
3rd Floor45 Folgate Street
London
E1 6GL
Sales Company
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
10201 West Pico Blvd.Los Angeles
CA 90035
USA
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