Filmography | North Country (2005)
Character Josey Aimes
Directed By Niki Caro
Written By Michael Seitzman (screenplay), Clara Bingham & Laura Leedy (book)
Cast Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean
Genre Drama
MPAA Rating R (for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language)
Synopsis
North Country stars Academy Award winners Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand and Sissy Spacek in the inspiring story of a single mother who rallies her coworkers to rise above the unfair treatment they face at a local mining company.
In the wake of a failed marriage, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota hoping to build a better life for herself and her two children. Encouraged by her friend Glory (Frances McDormand), one of the few female miners in town, Josey takes a job at the mine.
She's 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.
Josey's attempts to carve out a better future for her family put her at odds with her children, her disapproving parents (Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins) and her community.
It is through this struggle that Josey finds the courage to stand up for what she believes in even if that means standing alone. Ultimately, her journey takes her farther than she could have ever imagined and inspires countless others to follow.
Trivia & Facts
Charlize signed up for North Country in March 2004. The filming began February 2005 in Iron Range, Minnesota.
The film was originally called Class Action and was forced to find another name due to another movie under that title. The project remained untitled for several months (The Untitled Niki Caro Project), until being named North Country in the fall of 2005, just before the trailer and website were opened.
