Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy’s Prison Drama Is the Most Brutal Thing You’ll Watch All Year | TIFF Review

Returning to TIFF this year is Tim Blake Nelson, who once again takes up the mantle of director with the brutal and heartbreaking The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd. He follows his last directorial effort, the 2015 drama Anesthesia, with another heavy narrative feature, this time following a woman teaching at a prison and the convict she forms a bond with. Starring Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy, it tackles difficult topics like capital punishment, domestic abuse, and what long-term incarceration can do to a person, which Nelson weaves in with poetry and thoughtful storytelling, making it one of the most unforgettable films of the festival.