In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based. The film stars Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, and William Mapother.

The film is set in the MidCoast town of Camden, Maine. Matt Tom Wilkinson and Ruth Fowler Sissy Spacek enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son Frank Nick Stahl, a recent college graduate who has come home for the summer. Frank has fallen in love with an older woman with children, Natalie Strout Marisa Tomei. Frank is also applying to graduate school for architecture, but is considering staying in town to work in the fishing industry and be near to Natalie. Natalies exhusband, Richard Strout William Mapother, tries to find a way into his exwife and sons lives, going to increasingly violent lengths to get his intentions across to Natalie. Ruth is openly concerned about Franks relationship with Natalie, while Matt thinks it is only a fling.Richard kills Frank during a confrontation at Natalies house following a domestic dispute. Though equally devastated, Matt and Ruth grieve in different ways, with Matt putting on a brave face while Ruth becomes reclusive and quiet. Richard is set free on bail, paid by his welltodo family, and both Matt and Ruth are forced to see Richard around town. The tension between the pair increases when they learn that the lack of a witness to their sons shooting allows the killer to avoid murder charges, since the district attorney may have difficulty proving that Richard killed Frank intentionally, as opposed to accidental manslaughter during a struggle, which defense attorney Marla Keyes Karen Allen argues. The silence between the couple erupts in an argument where each is confronted with the truth about each parents relationship with their son Ruth was overbearing, and Matt let him get away with everything. With the strain between them broken, the couple is finally able to find common ground in their grief. ........

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