The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
2026
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
A teacher in an abusive marriage takes a job at a maximum security prison, where she falls for a charismatic inmate. The disastrous consequences call into question not only the nature of punishment and retribution, but the very limits of our humanity.
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A teacher in an abusive marriage takes a job at a maximum security prison and falls for a charismatic inmate, setting off consequences that test the limits of punishment and compassion. The film refuses to let its protagonist off the hook, and refuses to let us off ours.
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Released
- 2026-09-13
- Studio
- Co Created Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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