Certain Women
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The expanses of the American West take center stage in this intimately observed triptych from Kelly Reichardt. Adapted from three short stories by Maile Meloy and unfolding in self-contained but interlocking episodes, Certain Women navigates the subtle shifts in personal desire and social expectation that unsettle the circumscribed lives of its characters: a lawyer (Laura Dern) forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother (Michelle Williams) whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a night-school teacher (Kristen Stewart) who forms a tenuous bond with a lonely ranch hand (Lily Gladstone), whose longing for connection delivers an unexpected jolt of emotional immediacy. With unassuming craft, Reichardt captures the rhythms of daily life in small-town Montana through these fine-grained portraits of women trapped within the landscape’s wide-open spaces.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Kelly Reichardt and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interviews with Reichardt and executive producer Todd Haynes
- New interview with Maile Meloy, author of the stories on which the film is based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor
Cover painting by Riccardo Vecchio
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Kelly Reichardt and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interviews with Reichardt and executive producer Todd Haynes
- New interview with Maile Meloy, author of the stories on which the film is based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor
Cover painting by Riccardo Vecchio
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Cast
- Laura Dern
- Laura
- Kristen Stewart
- Elizabeth Travis
- Michelle Williams
- Gina
- James Le Gros
- Ryan
- Jared Harris
- Fuller
- Lily Gladstone
- The rancher
- René Auberjonois
- Albert
- John Getz
- Sheriff Rowles
- Sara Rodier
- Guthrie
Credits
- Director
- Kelly Reichardt
- Editing
- Kelly Reichardt
- Screenplay
- Kelly Reichardt
- Based on stories by
- Maile Meloy
- Executive producers
- Todd Haynes
- Executive producers
- Larry Fessenden
- Executive producers
- Christopher Carroll
- Executive producers
- Nathan Kelly
- Producers
- Neil Kopp
- Producers
- Vincent Savino
- Producers
- Anish Savjani
- Cinematography
- Christopher Blauvelt
- Production design
- Anthony Gasparro
- Costume design
- April Napier
- Music
- Jeff Grace
- Casting
- Mark Bennett
- Casting
- Gayle Keller
Trailer for Certain Women
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