

“He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.”
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$4,104,962
Pearl
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.