Stoic

Stoic (2009)

A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.

Date of release
2009-06-22
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (62)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Uwe Boll

Casting

Interesting facts

Stoic is a 2009 arthouse drama film directed and written by Uwe Boll and starring Edward Furlong, Sam Levinson and Shaun Sipos. The film is one of two dramas, the other Darfur, Boll planned to direct.

Development

According to director Uwe Boll, Stoic centers on a true incident which occurred in Siegburg prison in 2006 where three prisoners raped, tortured and ultimately forced their cellmate to commit suicide over a period of ten hours in a series of events that began with a poker bet involving the consumption of a tube of toothpaste.

The film is based on a film treatment created by Uwe Boll. The dialogue was almost entirely improvised by the actors.

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