A lawyer defends an old friend, a teacher who stands accused of murdering one of his students. However, as the case progresses, the attorney is forced to confront his own traumatic high-school experiences, when he was falsely suspected of murdering a girl with whom he was in love. Courtroom drama, starring Dermot Mulroney and Anne Heche.

Combining a family vacation with business, Walter Richmond takes his wife and their 10-year-old, mute daughter, Melissa , to the Netherlands -- where Melissa inadvertently witnesses a murder. Unable to tell anyone what she's seen, the frightened girl vanishes in an attempt to elude the killers. Meanwhile, her parents try desperately to piece together the puzzle leading to Melissa's disappearance.