Vertical has released a poster and trailer for Miranda’s Victim, the upcoming crime drama from director Michelle Danner.
Based on true events, the film tells the story of Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin), a woman who suffered through witnessing the man that sexually assaulted have his guilty verdict overturned after he confessed to the brutal crime without legal representation, and the retrial that forever changed the United States’ justice system. Watch the trailer below…
In 1963 eighteen-year-old Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin) is kidnapped and sexually assaulted. Her assailant, Ernesto Miranda (Sebastian Quinn), confesses without legal representation and serves a two-year sentence, only to have the verdict later overturned. In the resulting retrial, a determined prosecutor (Luke Wilson) seeks to hold Ernesto accountable for his crimes, despite grueling opposition from Ernesto’s defense attorney (Ryan Phillippe). What follows is a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation’s justice system.
Joining Abigail Breslin in the cast are Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson, Emily VanCamp, Mireille Enos, Enrique Murciano, Josh Bowman, Brent Sexton, Sebastian Quinn, Nolan Gould, Kyle MacLachlan, Andy Garcia and Donald Sutherland.
Miranda’s Victim arrives in select cinemas and On Demand on October 6th.
