Lady Swearsalot: Lucy, who swears fairly often, especially in contrast with Mercy. Irony: The DNA test Lucy thought would prove her father innocent in fact leads to showing he did it.However, the US Supreme Court has ruled that such prisoners cannot be executed. Hollywood Law: The first prisoner executed (who killed Mercy's dad's partner) is said to have been mentally disabled.Epunymous Title: Mercy is one of the two main characters, though it's also a pun given the film's subject matter.His date for execution is only months away. Her mother was murdered, and her father is now on death row for doing it (but she doesn't believe he's guilty). Dark and Troubled Past: Lucy reveals hers to Mercy.Both are portrayed as having sympathetic motivations, and the pair treat each other respectfully regarding this despite their disagreement, while growing to understand the other view more (Mercy ends up helping Lucy on her dad's case). Both Sides Have a Point: Lucy is an anti-death penalty activist, while Mercy favors it.Months later, Mercy tracks down and reunites with Lucy, still affected by her father's execution. Bittersweet Ending: Lucy breaks up with Mercy midway through the film, and moves to California after her father's execution.The film was finished off in 2017 but had its release delayed until 2019 for unknown reasons. With Mercy's help, Lucy fights to exonerate and free her father. The film stars Elliot Page as a young woman named Lucy Moro whose father is on death row, and Kate Mara as her girlfriend Mercy Bromage, whom she meets on the opposite end of a protest at a prison. It was released in the United States on July 5, 2019, by Lionsgate, and in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2019, by Signature Entertainment.
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