The World to Come
2020 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · 74% critics
In the mid-1800s on the isolated American frontier, a grieving farm wife tries to endure daily hardship and a quiet, lonely marriage. When a new neighbor arrives, the two women form a deep bond that brings comfort and longing, while the pressures of their world threaten to upend the fragile lives around them.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2021-02-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (399 votes)
About
If you enjoy restrained period romances about longing, isolation, and forbidden connection, this may fit, especially if you liked Colette or Mansfield Park; Not for you if you want fast pacing, light humor, or minimal narration.
Pros: tender, intimate romance; strong lead performances; evocative frontier mood | Cons: slow, quiet pacing; heavy voiceover narration; story feels familiar
Themes
- lesbian relationship
- woman director
- grim
- lyrical
- lesbian
- intimate
- apathetic
Awards & recognition
- Queer Lion · 2020
Cast & crew
Katherine Waterston
as Abigail
Casey Affleck
as Dyer
Vanessa Kirby
as Tallie
Christopher Abbott
as Finney
Kim Ciobanu
as Widow Weldon's Son
Daniel Blumberg
as Tinker
Andreea Vasile
as Mother
James Longshore
as Man No. 1
Directed by Mona Fastvold