2011 · crime · drama · history
The Conspirator
Directed by Robert Redford2h 2m2011
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Our read: The Conspirator (2011) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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