Certain Women

Kelly Reichardt’s triptych of stories about four women trying to get by in rural America is pleasingly low-key and beautifully acted.

  • Director

    Kelly Reichardt

  • With

    Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone

  • USA 2016. 107min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    12A

Taken from Maile Meloy’s stories, Reichardt’s wonderful triptych focuses on four women (and, sometimes, the men in their lives) trying to get by in rural America. The narrative is quiet, elliptical, realist, and the performances low-key; the vignettes barely overlap. But the sharp sense of people in a particular kind of environment and the interest in exploring inner lives through external details are very Bressonian.

The screening on Wednesday 29 June will be introduced by BFI Director of Public Programme and Audiences, Jason Wood.