CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1995
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THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1995 2h 2m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Dead Man Walking

Drama
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Matthew Poncelet has been in prison for six years, awaiting execution after being convicted and capital punishment for killing a teenage couple. Poncelet, held in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, committed the crimes with a man named Carl Vitello, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. As the day of his execution comes closer, Poncelet asks Sister Helen, with whom he has corresponded, to help him with a final appeal.

02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Sister Helen Prejean

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Hilton Barber

Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry

Earl Delacroix

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale

Sister Colleen

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Walter Delacroix

Steve Boles

Sgt. Neal Trapp

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Warden Hartman

Kevin Cooney

Governor Benedict