Movie Info

Earnest and well-meaning, this film also accumulates power as it goes along, despite its inability to generate any moral complexity. But then how comp...(read more...) lex can you get in a story about the Japanese imprisonment and mistreatment of an international group of women (including Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, and Julianna Margulies)? Written and directed by Bruce Beresford, it's based on a true story. Japanese brutality has been well chronicled before; the real story here is the way these women of different social and ethnic backgrounds achieve a sense of solidarity in the face of potentially deadly abuse. Strong performances and many uplifting and moving moments. --Marshall Fine

Director: Bruce Beresford

MPAA: R

Running Time: 120 min.

Release Date: Apr 11, 1997

Cast: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Cate Blanchett