<P> Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 drama film written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh . It stars Frances McDormand as a mother who rents three billboards to call attention to her daughter's unsolved murder . Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage appear in supporting roles . It was released in the United States in November 2017 and in the United Kingdom in January 2018 by Fox Searchlight Pictures and has grossed $158 million worldwide . </P> <P> At the 90th Academy Awards, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was nominated for seven awards and won Best Actress (McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Rockwell). At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, it won Best Motion Picture--Drama, Best Actress--Drama (McDormand), Best Supporting Actor (Rockwell) and Best Screenplay . It won three SAG Awards, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and five BAFTA Film Awards, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film . </P> <P> In the town of Ebbing, Missouri, Mildred Hayes is grieving the rape and murder of her teenage daughter, Angela, seven months earlier . Angry over the lack of progress in the investigation, Mildred rents three abandoned billboards near her home, and posts on them: "Raped While Dying", "Still No Arrests?", and "How Come, Chief Willoughby?" The billboards upset the townspeople, including Chief Bill Willoughby and Officer Jason Dixon, the latter being a racist and a violent alcoholic . The open secret that Willoughby suffers from terminal pancreatic cancer adds to everyone's disapproval . Mildred and her son Robbie are harassed and threatened, but to Robbie's chagrin, she stays firm about keeping the billboards up . </P> <P> While Willoughby is sympathetic to Mildred's frustration, he finds the billboards an unfair attack on his character . Angered by Mildred's lack of respect for his authority, Dixon threatens businessman Red Welby, who rented Mildred the billboards, and he arrests her friend and coworker, Denise, on trivial marijuana possession charges . Mildred is also visited by her abusive ex-husband Charlie, who blames her for their daughter's death . </P>

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