North Country
2005 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
When Josey Aimes (CHARLIZE THERON) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region – the iron mines. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. The work is hard but the pay is good and friendships that form on the job extend into everyday life, bonding families and neighborhoods with a common thread. It’s an industry long dominated by men, in a place unaccustomed to change. Encouraged by her old friend Glory (FRANCES McDORMAND), one of the few female miners in town, Josey joins the ranks of those laboring to blast ore from rock in the gaping quarries. She is prepared for the back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the harassment she and the other female miners encounter from their male coworkers proves far more challenging.
Direction Niki Caro
Cast Charlize Theron · Frances McDormand · Sissy Spacek · Woody Harrelson · Sean Bean · Richard Jenkins · Jeremy Renner · Michelle Monaghan · Amber Heard · Rusty Schwimmer · Thomas Curtis · James Cada · Linda Emond · Brad William Henke · Jillian Armenante · John Aylward · Xander Berkeley · Corey Stoll · Cole Williams · Chris Mulkey
Soundtrack Gustavo Santaolalla
Screenplay Michael Seitzman · Clara Bingham · Laura Leedy Gansler
Cinematography Chris Menges
Original title North Country
6.4
9K votes (FilmAffinity)
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