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Before And After tackles a tough question: how well-meaning and intelligent parents respond when their child is accused of a horrible crime. Meryl Streep is Carolyn, a successful pediatrician married to artist Ben (Liam Neeson). Their placid upscale life is turned upside-down when their teenage son Jacob (Edward Furlong) is the last person seen with a murdered girl. Carolyn wants to believe that her son is innocent but is willing to learn the truth; Ben, on the other hand, will do anything to protect Jacob. As the family begins to disintegrate, Ben destroys crucial evidence and the traumatized Jacob finally reveals the truth.