Silent Fall is a 1994 mystery film about an autistic boy who is the only witness to a savage double murder. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J.T. Walsh, and Liv Tyler.
The plot revolves around Tim, an autistic boy. The film begins with our learning that Tim has supposedly witnessed his parents' double murder. Richard Dreyfuss plays Jake, a former child psychiatrist turned therapis...
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Silent Fall is a 1994 mystery film about an autistic boy who is the only witness to a savage double murder. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J.T. Walsh, and Liv Tyler.
The plot revolves around Tim, an autistic boy. The film begins with our learning that Tim has supposedly witnessed his parents' double murder. Richard Dreyfuss plays Jake, a former child psychiatrist turned therapist who is called upon to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case. The psychological drama is provided by the fact that not even Jake can entice Tim to communicate about what he has or has not seen regarding the crime. Tim's sister, Sylvie, exerts a strong protective impulse towards Tim, and those who in her view do not adequately appreciate his condition. Although she eventually warms to the efforts of Jake, and even finds herself romantically drawn to him, she maintains some distance, suspecting that the police, as well as Jake, do...
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