固守沉默

　　Runtime: 90 min
　　A 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.
　　这部电视电影改编自真人真事，对于小孩子庞杂奥妙的心理问题有细腻刻划。故事主人翁史蒂芬有一天突然不说话了，父亲吉姆和母亲莉迪亚感应非常懊恼。为了探讨儿子为何不说话的真相，父母亲花了良多钱请心理大夫对他进行治疗，经过长期的耐心相同以后终于揭开了史蒂芬心中的秘密。原来他已经目睹哥哥被杀的过程，少年凶手的兄弟警告他不行声张，不然会对他全家晦气，因而，史蒂芬选择了甚么话都不谈。导演布鲁斯．皮特曼以敏锐的感觉描述一个原本亲密的家庭一旦遭逢危急时的因应之道，喜好《伧夫俗人》的观众应当也会浏览本片。