It’s a loose riff on the Amanda Knox story, basically. A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn’t commit.
That’s the story of “Stillwater” starring Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin, from Tom McCarthy, the director behind the Oscar-winning Best Picture “Spotlight” (2015).
McCarthy really directed the hell out of that lean, no-nonsense procedural, and one presumes he’ll do the same with “Stillwater,” his first feature since 2020’s “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.” (yes, he’s been busy).
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