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Stillwater

2021 · 139 min

A slow, grounded drama that quietly builds tension while exploring a father's stubborn love and the cost of secrets.

Tagline
Secrets run deep.
Overview
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, 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 builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, crime, thriller
Directed by
Tom McCarthy
Written by
Thomas Bidegain, Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Noé Debré
Starring
Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud, Deanna Dunagan, Moussa Maaskri, Anne Le Ny, Idir Azougli
Music
Mychael Danna
Cinematography
Masanobu Takayanagi
Runtime
139 min
Country
France, United States of America
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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