Robert A. Miller

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which continue to move audiences around the world today. He also made headlines for being targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the McCarthy Era and entering into a tumultuous marriage with Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Told from the unique perspective of his daughter, filmmaker Rebecca Miller, Arthur Miller: Writer is an illuminating portrait that combines interviews spanning decades and a wealth of personal archival material, and provides new insights into Miller’s life as an artist and exploring his character in all its complexity.

In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

1692년 청교도가 지배하는 메사추세츠 주 세일럼. 마을 어른들의 경건하고 도덕적인 생활에 짓눌려 있던 소녀들은 늦은 밤 숲속에서 벌거벗은 채 춤을 추며 악마의 의식을 거행하고 마을의 목사에게 이 현장을 목격 당하자, 악마의 강요로 춤을 추게 되었다고 거짓말을 한다. 에비가 주도한 거짓 증언으로 마을은 떠들썩해지고, 주민들은 마녀재판이라는 명목 아래 하나 둘 무고하게 희생당한다. 유부남인 존과 불륜에 빠진 에비는 존의 아내를 희생양으로 삼으려 하고, 존은 에비의 거짓을 밝히기 위해 위험을 무릅쓴다.