Dead Man Walking (film) Dead Man Walking (film) Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the non-fiction book of the same name. Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn) – based on real-life murderers Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie – a prisoner on death row in Louisiana, acting as his spiritual adviser after carrying on correspondence with him. Matthew Poncelet has been in prison for six years, awaiting his execution after being sentenced to death for
César Award for Best Actress individual nomination by category. Eight women have won both the César Award for Best Actress and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress: Nathalie Baye is the only actress with multiple wins in both categories. She is also the only performer to have won an acting César in three consecutive years, in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Three films have received both accolades: "One Deadly Summer" in 1984 (Best Actress to Isabelle Adjani, Best Supporting Actress to Suzanne Flon), "Indochine" in 1993 (Best Actress to Catherine Deneuve, Best Supporting Actress to Dominique Blanc) and "Queen Margot" in 1995 (Best Actress to