Certain Women
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
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
