Stillwater

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.

Cast

Matt Damon

as Bill Baker

Camille Cottin

as Virginie

Abigail Breslin

as Allison

Lilou Siauvaud

as Maya

Deanna Dunagan

as Sharon

Moussa Maaskri

as Dirosa

Anne Le Ny

as Leparq

Idir Azougli

as Akim

Naidra Ayadi

as Nedjma

Gilbert Traïna

as Bald Man

Reviews

fourfridays

Refreshingly different....

itsogs

Definitely Worth my time. A sad story, but one that will make you think.⭐⭐⭐...

Peter McGinn

I have always liked Matt Damon’s work, but I watched this partly die to the presence of Camille Cottin, who was excellent in the French Netflix series Call My Agent! The main characters are complex, with Damon playing a redneck Oklahoma man and his daughter. Allison, played by Abigail Breslin. Th...

Wuchak

**_It’s a brutal world_** An Okie roughneck (Matt Damon) goes to Marseille, France, to exonerate his daughter (Abigail Breslin) by possibly finding the real murderer. Meanwhile he finds work and makes friends with a theater actress & her daughter (Camille Cottin and Lilou Siauvaud). "Stillwate...

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