capote (2005)

in november 1959 the writer truman capote read an article about the murder of four members of a family of farmers, the clutters, in kansas. capote, who sees in the story the opportunity to prove that the news stories can become fascinating as novels, he goes to holcomb with his friend the writer nelle harper lee to investigate the incident and write a piece for 'the new yorker' . despite his eccentricity, the writer gains the trust of the locals and, once the two killers, perry smith and dick hickock, sentenced to death, become known, he realizes that the article for the magazine is becoming a book on the clash between two different americas.