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Storyville: Season 2016

2016x03 A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
NR

  • 2016-01-31T22:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h 25m
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
After more than 20 years on death row, a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed. But as he tells his story, it gradually becomes clear that nothing is quite what it seems. This film is a stylistically daring experiment in storytelling, in effect a one-man play constructed from a four-day interview. In a monologue that is part confessional and part performance, Nick, the sole protagonist, tells a tale with all the twists and turns of classic crime drama. But as the story unfolds it reveals itself as something much deeper, an emotionally powerful meditation on the redemptive power of love and literature. A final shocking twist casts everything in a new light.
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