Adapted from an 1980s television series by
British crime writer Lynda La Plante, "Widows" follows a group
of women who plan a heist to pay off a large debt left by their
dead husbands' crimes.
Gender, race, crime and politics are all subjects touched on in
the movie, which stars Oscar winner Viola Davis, "Fast and
Furious" star Michelle Rodriguez and "The Night Manager" actress
Elizabeth Debicki.
"The whole idea of having this roller-coaster ride of a heist
was ... to engage with that whole idea of escapism and ... the
whole of that aspect of a thriller but not negate the political
and the current ... social economical environment that we live
in today," McQueen told Reuters in an interview.
The London-born filmmaker, known for "12 Years a Slave" and
"Shame", said he decided to set the movie "in ... a heightened
contemporary western city", picking Chicago, the third-largest
city in the United States.
"I want to take ... this fiction and staple it into reality of
our every day," he said.
"First, foremost my job is to entertain ... Secondly you're
hoping it will enlighten, you are hoping it will shed light on
things which are happening every day which some people can
actually recognize and be aware of."
"I can only hope that this film could do that, even if it's just
one person."
(Reporting By Sarah Mills, writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian,
editing by Larry King)
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