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The Los Angeles Times praised the film, with critic Ray Loynd noting that the film's candid flashbacks to traumatic childhood sexual abuse might be "unnerving", while also stating, "a Canadian production (which premiered in Canada on the CBC last January), the movie is perhaps the most candid and most suspenseful parent/child molestation story ...
They have two sons, Luke, and Mark, and Charlotte is pregnant again. Charlotte has given up nursing to be a housewife. John continues his controlling and abusive behavior. Charlotte goes to talk to a priest, who reminds her of her sacred vows, telling her to go home and love John, and look to the heavens for answers.
In 1982, parents Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling) are arrested due to false accusations of satanic ritual abuse, child molestation and other acts of illegal activity. Two years later, following a systematic trial, they are found guilty and both sentenced to 240 years in prison without parole.
Child of Rage is a 1992 American biographical drama television film directed by Larry Peerce, starring Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon and Mariette Hartley.The film is based on the true story of Beth Thomas, who had severe behavioral problems as a result of being sexually abused as a child.
Tideland is a 2005 fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, following the story of Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland), a young child who struggles to make sense of life in isolation as she lives with an eccentric adult brother and sister in rural Texas after the death of her drug-addicted, abusive parents.
Breathless (Korean: 똥파리; RR: Ddongpari; literally "shitfly") is a 2008 South Korean drama film by Yang Ik-june and the story revolves around child abuse and loan sharking. A loan shark named Sang-Hoon finds himself striking a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl, Yeon-Hee, as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father.
Film Year Ref. Amityville II: The Possession: 1982 [1]Anatomy of a Fall: 2023 Anatomy of a Murder: 1959 [2]The Banshees of Inisherin: 2022: Boyhood: 2014 [3]Break Up
Films about domestic violence, violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence is often used as a synonym for intimate partner violence, which is committed by one of the people in an intimate relationship against the other person, and can take place in relationships or between former spouses or partners.