PREVIEW: Call Jane (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Elizabeth Banks (Zack and Miri Make a Porno), Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), Chris Messina (Live By Night), Kate Mara (Morgan), Wunmi Mosaku (His House), Cory Michael Smith (Wonderstruck), Grace Edwards (Odds Are), John Magaro (The Big Short), Aida Turturro (Junior), Bianca D’Ambrosio (Remnants of the Fallen), Bruce MacVittie (Million Dollar Baby), Rebecca Henderson (Werewolves Within), Maia Scalia (film debut), Alison Jaye (Beach Pillows)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Phillys Nagy (film debut), director; Hayley Schore (film debut) and Roshan Sethi (7 Days), writers; Claude Amadeo (Catch the Fair One), Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers Club), Lee Broda (A Righteous Man), Michael D’Alto (Catch the Fair One), Kevin McKeon (The Tribes of Palos Verdes) and David M. Wulf (Inheritance), producers; Isabella Summers (film debut), composer; Greta Zozula (The Half of It), cinematographer; Peter McNulty (The Master), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1968, suburban housewife Joy (Banks) learns that her pregnancy is causing a life-threatening heart condition, but the all-male medical establishment declines to perform an emergency termination. She soon comes across activists Virginia (Weaver) and Gwen (Mosaku), who run an underground cause committed to giving women the health options they need, and is inspired to join their mission…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The inspirational – and sadly very relevant – tale of women’s fight to the right to their bodies forms the basis of this uplifting comedy-drama, from Oscar-nominated writer Phillys Nagy in her directional debut.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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