About the Film | Stillwater Movie Synopsis | Focus Features

A dramatic thriller directed by Academy Award® winner Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, 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.

Bill Baker - Matt Damon

Allison Baker - Abigail Breslin

Virginie - Camille Cottin

Maya - Lilou Siauvaud

Akim - Idir Azougli

Sharon - Deanna Dunagan

Writer / Director - Tom McCarthy

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About the Film
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My Favorite Cinema: Stillwater Writer/Director Tom McCarthy Shows Us NYC's Film Forum
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Story Featurette
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Clip: "Lina"
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"Bill Baker has clearly got a past, and he’s made a lot of mistakes as a father."

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“So, he takes it on himself to start trying to investigate this new lead, but he’s pretty hopelessly overmatched."
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“In a way, Virginie doesn’t choose Bill,” Cottin says. “It’s Maya who chooses him.”
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Clip: "American"
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“She doesn’t need him, but he’s such a relief,” Cottin says of Virginie’s feelings toward Bill. 
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"I wanted to work with Tom," Matt Damon says. "I just love every single movie he's made."
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Clip: "Acceptance"
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Tom McCarthy on Matt Damon
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Clip: "Want To"
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Lilou Siauvaud as "Maya"
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Tom McCarthy: Director / Writer / Producer
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Camille Cottin as "Virginie"
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Abigail Breslin as "Allison Baker"
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Matt Damon as "Bill Baker"
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Matt Damon stars as Bill in director Tom McCarthy's Stillwater.
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Camille Cottin as Virginie, Matt Damon as Bill, and Lilou Siauvaud as Maya in director Tom McCarthy's Stillwater.