Trapped in Silence

Trapped in Silence (1986)

Genres - Drama, Culture & Society  |   Sub-Genres - Melodrama  |   Run Time - 145 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bernadette McCallion

A young boy retreats into a world of silence in this made-for-television drama. Kiefer Sutherland stars as Kevin Richter, an adolescent boy who has suffered from years of physical abuse. In an attempt to deal emotionally with the effects of the abuse, Kevin refuses to speak and instead lives in a world of silence. When child psychologist Jennifer Hubbell (Marsha Mason) becomes aware of his situation, she refuses to write him off as a hopeless case and works tirelessly to help him emerge from his protective shell.

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child, medical-treatment, abuse, assault, child-abuse, help, investigation, mental-illness, murder, mute, pain, psychiatry, teenagers