Themes: Starting Over, Down on Their Luck, Suicide
Main Cast: Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser, Linda Cardellini, Trevor Blumas, Teri Polo
Release Year: 2001
Country: CA/US
Run Time: 109 minutes
Plot
Tom McLoughlin directs the downbeat psychological thriller The Unsaid, released straight-to-video in the U.S. Andy Garcia stars as Kansas psychologist Dr. Michael Hunter who quits his practice following the suicide of his teenage son Kyle (Trevor Blumas). Disturbed by the death, separated from his wife, and lacking the Shelley (Linda Cardellini), Michael is soon approached by social worker Barbara (Teri Polo). She needs him to evaluate her client, Thomas Caffey (Vincent Kartheiser), a traumatised teenage boy who is due for release from a juvenile center. Feeling somewhat compelled to offer his services, Michael discovers the boy's horrible past involving his father, Joseph (Sam Bottoms), who is in prison for murder . ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Tom McLoughlin - Director, Don Davis - Composer (Music Score), Al Berry - Producer, Matt Hastings - Producer, Kelley Reynolds - Producer, Alex Campbell - Producer, Christopher Murphey - Screen Story, Miguel Tejada-Flores - Screenwriter, Scott Williams - Screenwriter
The Unsaid is a 2001 thriller/drama film directed by Tom McLoughlin and starring Andy Garcia that was released in 2001. It is also known under the name The Ties That Bind and its working title Sins of the Father. The film was released straight to DVD in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada but premiered in theaters in other parts of Europe and Asia.[1]
The film follows Michael Hunter's (Andy Garcia) struggle to cope with his son's suicide and his attempt to rehabilitate Thomas Caffey (Vincent Kartheiser), who reminds him of his own son.
