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3 unusual facts about Miriam Toews


Miriam Toews

Filmed in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, the film depicts the same Mennonite community that features in Toews' novel.

Toews has said that Irma Voth was inspired in part by her own experience as lead actress on the film set of Silent Light, the 2007 film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker, Carlos Reygadas.

She had a leading role in the feature film, Silent Light, directed by Carlos Reygadas, an experience that inspired her fifth novel, Irma Voth.



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