North Country Tickets
When Josey Aimes (Academy Award® Winner 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 livelihood that has sustained a community for
generations. It’s an industry long dominated by men, in a place
unaccustomed to change. Encouraged by her old friend Glory
(Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand), one of the
few female miners encounter from their male coworkers proves
far more challenging.
Times are tough. The last thing the miners want is women
competing for scarce jobs - women who, in their estimation,
have no business driving trucks and hauling rock anyway. If these
newcomers want to work the mines they’ll have to do it on the terms
set by the veteran workforce and it won’t be easy. Take it or leave
it. Through these struggles Josey will find the courage to stand up
for what she believes in - even if that means standing alone.
CAST: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins and Jeremy Renner
DIRECTOR: Nikki Caro
RUNNING TIME: 126 mins
RATED: MA 15+ Strong sexual references, Strong coarse language, Infrequent violence
In Cinemas 2nd February 2006
