English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, a frantic Selky contacts the police. Detective Al Menetti, a father himself, takes an interest in the case that quickly turns into an obsession. As a devastated Selky struggles to come to terms with Alex's disappearance, Menetti steps out from behind the badge to continue investigating.
Acting
Nelligan's unraveling should've won everything.
Direction
Jaffe lets scenes breathe until you can't breathe.
Director
Stanley R. Jaffe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the first child on a milk carton. The case remained unsolved for decades after filming.
Released the same year as Terms of Endearment, this was the darker mother-love story nobody saw. Nelligan's performance predicted the 'prestige TV grief' era by thirty years.
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