The Drowning
If evil exists, can it be transformed?
2016 · 95 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama, Thriller
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
Directed by Bette Gordon · Written by Stephen Molton
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Julia Stiles Lauren Seymour -
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Avan Jogia Danny Miller -
Tracie Thoms Angela -
Leo Fitzpatrick Angus MacDonald -
John C. McGinley Teddy -
Robert Clohessy Captain Miller -
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Mike Houston Louis -
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Kim Ramirez Stacey Jones - A Andrea Barnes Head ER Nurse
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