138 mins |
Rated
M (Violence & offensive language)
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Starring Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan, Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin
From the acclaimed director of SPOTLIGHT Tom McCarthy, STILLWATER follows Bill, an American oil-rig rough neck from Oklahoma, who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter by taking the law into his own hands. In the process, he becomes emotionally involved with a local woman and her young daughter and embarks on a personal journey of discovery and a larger sense of belonging in the world.
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From the acclaimed director of SPOTLIGHT Tom McCarthy, STILLWATER follows Bill, an American oil-rig rough neck from Oklahoma, who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter by taking the law into his own hands. In the process, he becomes emotionally involved with a local woman and her young daughter and embarks on a personal journey of discovery and a larger sense of belonging in the world.