Underplayed Gems

Life with Billy (1994)

Life with Billy poster
Original title
Life With Billy
Directed by
Paul Donovan
Genre
crime, thriller, tv movie
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman shoots and kills her common-law husband while he sleeps. The film follows her police investigation and trial with flashbacks that show the years of domestic abuse she endured.

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What happens

Life with Billy is a 1993 Canadian television film based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Brian Vallée. The film was nominated for five Gemini Awards, and won three. The film begins with Jane Hurshman (Beatty) shooting her common-law husband Billy Stafford (McHattie) in his sleep, and then shows the resulting police investigation and trial, interspersed with flashbacks showing the domestic abuse that Stafford inflicted on Hurshman over the course of their relationship for 5 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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