A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Dramaprisondeath penaltyright and justiceraperage and hateunsociabilitycourt casecourtnunpenaltytherapistsentence
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Susan SarandonSister Helen Prejean
- Sean PennMatthew Poncelet
- Robert ProskyHilton Barber
- Raymond J. BarryEarl Delacroix
- R. Lee ErmeyClyde Percy
- Celia WestonMary Beth Percy
- Lois SmithHelen's Mother
- Scott WilsonChaplain Farley
- Roberta MaxwellLucille Poncelet
- Margo MartindaleSister Colleen
Crew
- Tim RobbinsDirector
- Tim RobbinsWriter
- Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
- David RobbinsOriginal Music Composer
- Lisa Zeno ChurginEditor
- Ray HubleyEditor
- Tim RobbinsProducer
- Rudd SimmonsProducer
- Jon KilikProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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A Little Life 200876% alikeBook · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
Life Is Strange 2 201874% alikeGame · Both earnest, contemporary, grave.
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