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The World to Come

  • 2020
  • R
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
13K
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Casey Affleck, Katherine Waterston, Christopher Abbott, and Vanessa Kirby in The World to Come (2020)
In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmers wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed. Directed by Mona Fastvold and scripted by Jim Shepard and Ron Hansen, THE WORLD TO COME explores how isolation is overcome by the intensity of human connection.
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Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both... Read allSomewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.

  • Director
    • Mona Fastvold
  • Writers
    • Ron Hansen
    • Jim Shepard
  • Stars
    • Katherine Waterston
    • Vanessa Kirby
    • Casey Affleck
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mona Fastvold
    • Writers
      • Ron Hansen
      • Jim Shepard
    • Stars
      • Katherine Waterston
      • Vanessa Kirby
      • Casey Affleck
    • 105User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Katherine Waterston
    Katherine Waterston
    • Abigail
    Vanessa Kirby
    Vanessa Kirby
    • Tallie
    Casey Affleck
    Casey Affleck
    • Dyer
    Christopher Abbott
    Christopher Abbott
    • Finney
    Karina Ziana Gherasim
    • Nellie
    • (as Karina Gherasim)
    Ioachim Ciobanu
    Ioachim Ciobanu
    • Widow Weldon's Son
    • (as Kim Ciobanu)
    Daniel Blumberg
    Daniel Blumberg
    • Tinker
    Andreea Vasile
    Andreea Vasile
    • Mother
    Liana Navrot
    • Widow Weldon
    Sandra Personnic-House
    • Mrs. Nottoway
    • (as Sandra J House)
    James Longshore
    James Longshore
    • Man #1
    • Director
      • Mona Fastvold
    • Writers
      • Ron Hansen
      • Jim Shepard
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews105

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    8lareval

    Quiet, yet resonant

    This is much more of a period romance done right: it´s an excellent one. A movie that lives up the expectations thanks to striking performances, great score and really good direction. A superb work!
    8Pairic

    Hard Life

    The World To Come: Life was bleak and hard in 1856 in Upstate New York, rocky fields, sheep, (could be Connemara), chickens. Life was lonely for women, but here a relationship develops between two women which goes beyond friendship. Tragedy results but the unfolding of the narrative is moving. A tale of love, separation, hardship, patriarchy and it's discontents. Directed by Mona Fastvold from a Screenplay by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard. 8/10.
    8Xstal

    Portrait of Two Women Extinguished...

    Against the warmest 19th century colour, when being yourself was forbidden, a relationship begins but is thwarted, with fossil control and dominance reinstated. Two great performances from Katherine Waterstone and Vanessa Kirby amplified through the acute and sensitive direction of Mona Fastvold.
    6carinnalowther

    Beautiful and Sad

    Like all lesbian romance period pieces, it was about undeniable feelings that must be denied.

    But something about it felt very deep and real. I didn't cry or feel much, but it made me think and wonder.

    I really really loved the set and costumes. I couldn't find any trace that it was filmed in the 21st century.
    migbird

    Reviewers Revealed

    Thoroughly enjoyed this film; the lead actors captured the essence and brought same to the screen. That said, I found arguably more revealing the pathetically shallow "reviews" that captured so well their bigotry. Wow - thought we were moving beyond.

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    Related interests

    Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
    Period Drama
    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama
    Liam Neeson in Schindler's List (1993)
    History
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was shot in a national park in Romania, and every set was designed by renowned production designer Jean-Vincent Puzos, and built from scratch.
    • Goofs
      When Dyer meets Tallie for the first time he greets her by saying "hello". But hello did not become a greeting like that until the late 19th century when Alexander Graham Bell popularized it as a telephone greeting. In the mid 19th century, "hello" was mainly used as an exclamation or to draw attention to something. The proper greeting in the 1850s would have been "good day".
    • Quotes

      Abigail: Meeting you has made my day

      Tallie: Oh, how pleasant and uncommon it is to make someone's day

    • Connections
      Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Casey Affleck/Anthony Atamanuik (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      The World to Come
      Written & Performed by Daniel Blumberg and Josephine Foster

      Published by Wise Music Group/Fire Songs

      Courtesy of Node Records

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Romania
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Russia
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official Twitter
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Прийдешній світ
    • Filming locations
      • Romania
    • Production companies
      • Arsia Production
      • Charades
      • Hype Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $116,143
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $51,245
      • Feb 14, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $205,878
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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