Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/20/2007(USA
Release Date: 09/04/2007
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Liberation Ent.
A frightened and irresponsible girl and an emotionally conflicted woman are brought together under tragic circumstances in this independent
drama.
Stephanie Daley (
Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl who while on a school-sponsored ski trip collapses in a puddle of blood; a medical examination reveals that
Stephanie has recently given birth, and in a nearby bathroom a newborn child is found dead, flushed down a toilet with its mouth stuffed with toilet paper. While
Stephanie insists the child was stillborn and she had no idea she was pregnant, she is charged with killing the infant, and court-appointed psychologist
Lydie Crane (
Tilda Swinton) is assigned to interview the teenager.
Lydie has her own issues with possible parenthood; she's been struggling to have a child after a recent stillbirth, and the matter is taking a toll on her marriage, with her husband,
Paul (
Timothy Hutton), seeking solace in the arms of another woman. As
Stephanie shares with
Lydie her feelings about her relationship with her parents, how she lost her virginity, and her growing conviction that God gave her a child as a form of punishment,
Lydie finds herself dealing with her own feelings about the child she lost. Meanwhile, Right to Life and Pro-Choice groups threaten to turn
Stephanie's trial into a media circus.
Stephanie Daley premiered at the
2006 Sundance Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
