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Woman Walks Ahead is a 2017 American biographical drama Western film directed by Susanna White and written by Steven Knight. The film is the story of Caroline Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a portrait painter who travels from New York City to the Dakotas in 1890 to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes). Chaske Spencer and Sam Rockwell also star.

Woman Walks Ahead
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Susanna White
Written by	Steven Knight
Produced by	Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz Erika Olde Rick Solomon Andrea Calderwood
Starring	Jessica Chastain Michael Greyeyes Chaske Spencer Sam Rockwell
Cinematography	Mike Eley
Edited by	Lucia Zucchetti Steven Rosenblum
Music by	George Fenton
Production companies	IM Global Black Bicycle Entertainment Bedford Falls Productions Potboiler Productions
Distributed by	A24 DirecTV Cinema
Release dates	September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10) (TIFF) June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Languages	English Lakota
Budget	$5 million[1]
Box office	$80,912 [2][3]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2017. It was released through DirecTV Cinema on May 31, 2018, before being released in a limited release on June 29, 2018, by A24.

Premise

Caroline Weldon, a Swiss-American portrait painter, travels from Brooklyn, New York to the Dakotas in the 1890s to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull. She becomes embroiled in the Lakota people's struggle over the rights to their land.[4]

Cast

• Jessica Chastain as Caroline Weldon, painter and confidante to Sitting Bull
• Michael Greyeyes as Sitting Bull
• Sam Rockwell as Colonel Silas Grove
• Ciarán Hinds as James McLaughlin, a US Indian agent
• Michael Nouri as Karl Valentine
• Chaske Spencer as Chaska, a local lawman
• Bill Camp as General Crook
• Rulan Tangen as Susan McLaughlin
• Rachel Singer as Dry Goods Assistant
• Louisa Krause as Loretta
• Lyle Sandoval as Tracker

Production

On February 3, 2016, it was reported that Jessica Chastain was in talks to play Sitting Bull's confidante in Woman Walks Ahead, directed by Susanna White.[5] On September 14, 2016, Michael Greyeyes, Sam Rockwell, Ciarán Hinds, Chaske Spencer, and Bill Camp joined the cast, with principal photography having begun in New Mexico.[6]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017.[7][8] Shortly after, A24 and DirecTV Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film.[9] Its U.S. premiere was at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2018.[10][11]

It was released through DirecTV Cinema on May 31, 2018, before being released in a limited release on June 29, 2018.[12][13]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10.[14] The site's critical consensus reads, "Woman Walks Ahead gets some extra mileage out of watchable work from Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes, but uneven pacing and two-dimensional characters undermine their efforts." On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15]

Despite mixed reviews, Michael Greyeyes received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Sitting Bull.[16][17][18][19] The New York Times critic Jeannette Catsoulis called his performance "a miracle of intelligence and dignity".[16] RogerEbert.com contributor Susan Wloszczyna raved about his performance, calling it "the most subtle, soulful, and believable".[17] Los Angeles Times and Village Voice critics described his presence as captivating as “wry wit and quiet gravity”, while the latter described his performance as "stirring".[18]

References

External links

• Woman Walks Ahead at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Die Frau, die vorausgeht

Die Frau, die vorausgeht ist eine US-amerikanische, an wahre Begebenheiten angelehnte Filmbiografie der britischen Regisseurin Susanna White nach einem Drehbuch von Steven Knight. Der Film erzählt von der Malerin Catherine Weldon, die 1889 von New York City in das Dakota-Territorium reist, um dort den Lakota-Häuptling Sitting Bull zu porträtieren. Historisches Vorbild war die schweizerisch-amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin und Künstlerin Caroline Weldon.

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- [en] Woman Walks Ahead

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[ru] Женщина идёт впереди

«Женщина идет впереди» (англ. Woman Walks Ahead) — американский фильм в жанре вестерн 2017 года. Режиссёр фильма — Сюзанна Уайт, автор сценария — Стивен Найт. Премьера состоялась 10 сентября 2017.

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