Complex sentence: The film opens with a series of newspaper articles detailing the 1949 murder of pianist Margaret Strauss (Emma Thompson), who was stabbed with a pair of antique scissors during an apparent robbery.
Split into simpler sentences: The film opens with a series of newspaper articles detailing the murder of pianist Margaret Strauss (Emma Thompson) in 1949. Margaret was stabbed to death with a pair of antique scissors during an apparent robbery.