Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is 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.
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is 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.
The film focuses on a father's individual quest for justice and personal redemption, exploring themes of responsibility and moral ambiguity without explicitly promoting either progressive or conservative ideologies, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative centers on a white male protagonist, portraying traditional identities neutrally or positively, without making DEI themes central to the story.
The film 'Stillwater' includes a central character, Allison, whose same-sex relationship is integral to the plot's premise. However, the narrative primarily focuses on the legal drama and the father-daughter relationship. Queer identity is present but not central, serving as a background detail without strong positive or negative thematic exploration, resulting in a neutral portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Stillwater is an original film with characters created specifically for this story. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior adaptations whose gender could have been altered.
Stillwater features original characters created for the film, not adapted from prior source material with established racial depictions. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a previously established canon.
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