Description
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to hide her secret: that star senior Andy raped her at the party. But Melinda does manage to find solace in her art class headed by Mr. Freeman.
This is a movie about creativity, about the importance of prudence and vigilance, about the formation and growth of personality, the intermediate stage of growing up, about the importance of talking. The film shows very precisely where the violence begins. Even if a girl is happy to spend time with a guy, even if she decides to dance and kiss with him, this is not a green light.