True Story (2014)

Directed by

Rupert Goold

Genre

crime film, mystery film, trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 2,097 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist finds that a wanted fugitive accused of murdering his family has been using the journalist's identity. The journalist starts meeting with the prisoner in jail, and a complicated relationship forms between them.

tensesomberinquisitivepsychologicalslow-buildingrestraineddarkintrospective

What happens

True Story is a 2015 American mystery thriller film that was directed by Rupert Goold in his directorial debut. It is based on a screenplay by Goold and David Kajganich. Based on the memoir of the same name by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles. Franco plays Christian Longo, a man on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most-wanted list accused of murdering his wife and three children in Oregon. He hid in Mexico using the identity of Michael Finkel, a journalist played by Hill. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically on April 17, 2015, in the United States. It explores the relationship that develops between the two men after journalist Finkel begins to meet with Longo in prison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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