Elmo Patrick Sonnier illness, at Louisiana State Prison . He is buried in the prison cemetery. Sister Helen Prejean published a book, "Dead Man Walking" (1993), about her relationship with Elmo Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, another inmate on Death Row whom she counseled. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name directed by Tim Robbins and starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Prejean and Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelett, an amalgam of Sonnier and Willie. Her book was also adapted as an opera of the same name, first produced in 2000 by the San Francisco Opera. Elmo Patrick Sonnier
Mothers and Daughters (2016 film) their children. A pregnant photographer (Selma Blair) captures motherhood on film while re-examining her relationship with her estranged mom. On May 8, 2012, Susan Sarandon and her real-life daughter Eva Amurri were cast in the film which was to be directed by Paul Duddridge. Sarandon and Amurri had already worked together in the 2002 comedy "The Banger Sisters". On June 4, 2012, Christina Ricci joined the cast, while Danielle James was announced to be producing the film. On July 3, 2012, Sharon Stone was cast, and on September 25, 2014, Paul Wesley joined to play Kevin, a pastry chef and