Stillwater Trailer Matt Damon In New Film From Spotlight Oscar Winner

The official “Stillwater” synopsis from distributor Focus Features reads: “‘Stillwater’ follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma [named Bill Baker] 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.”

Starring opposite Damon as Bill Baker are Abigail Breslin and Camille Cottin. McCarthy co-wrote the “Stillwater” screenplay with Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré. The director is also a producer on the project along with Steve Golin, Jonathan King, and Liza Chasin. The movie was originally scheduled for release last fall, but the pandemic caused a delay that McCarthy wasn’t exactly mad about. “It can be a very intimate movie and a very character-driven story, but there’s also a lot of scope to it,” McCarthy recently told Entertainment Weekly about the movie. “It’s a beautiful film shot in a beautiful place, and I think [Focus Features] felt strongly that people should see it in movie theaters, and I was in agreement with that. I’m in no rush — the movie will play as well this year as it would have last year.” Focus Features will release “Stillwater” in theaters July 30. Watch the trailer for the drama in the video below.