With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Writers:
Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel)
Stars:
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon
PlotIn the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, three kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy Markum and Sean Devine, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a father of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead, and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie
