Feud Capote vs. The Swans New trailer - Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart - Plot Synopsis: FX's FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans tells the story of acclaimed writer Truman Capote, once a confidante to society's most elite women, whom he nicknamed "the swans." However, his act of betrayal effectively destroyed those relationships, banished him from high society and sent him into a spiral of self-destruction from which he would ultimately never recover.