Runtime: 90 minA story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in the family... so he doesn't say anything again. The problem is that the young boy so enjoys his acceptance by others of his mutism that it brings his family, a loving and caring farm family, to the brink of financial ruin in medical and psychological costs to cure him. Based on a true story, this is the intelligent telling of a family in crisis, and the work of doctors in dealing with this mental illness.这部电视影戏改编自真人真事，对付小孩子巨大玄妙的生理题目有精致刻划。故事主人翁史蒂芬有一天忽然不语言了，父亲吉姆和母亲莉迪亚感触非常烦恼。为了探究儿子为何不语言的原形，怙恃亲花了很多钱请生理大夫对他举行治疗，颠末长期的耐烦雷同之后终于揭开了史蒂芬心中的机密。原来他曾经眼见哥哥被杀的进程，少年凶手的兄弟告诫他不能宣扬，不然会对他百口倒霉，于是，史蒂芬选择了什么话都不谈。导演布鲁斯．皮特曼以敏锐的感觉形貌一个原来密切的家庭一旦遭逢危急时的因应之道，喜好《伧夫俗人》的观众应该也会欣赏本片。