Before and After

In this spellbinding new drama from director Barbet Schroeder (“Reversal of Fortune,” “Single White Female”) and screenwriter Ted Tally (a 1992 Academy Award” winner for “Silence of the Lambs”), Meryl Streep stars as a respected, dedicated small town pediatrician whose life is thrown into turmoil when her teenage son Jacob (Edward Furlong) disappears and is suspected of brutally murdering his girlfriend. When the boy returns home, she and her husband (Liam Neeson) struggle to confront the tragedy, protect their son and survive as best they can. This gripping drama explores the dynamics of relationships between the members of one family and how the parents and children come to terms with the terrible catastrophe that has befallen them.