Per chi mastica un pò d'inglese,qui c'è la trama:
Sostanzialmente,il marito subisce violenze dalla moglie,e sta zitto,perchè la ama e non vuole denunciarla,e anche per la vergogna di dover ammettere di essere vittima di soprusi dalla moglie.
Dopo l'ennesima aggressione della moglie la polizia viene allertata,ma è lui ad essere messo sotto accusa per aggressione.
Viene arrestato per violenza domestica,e interrogato per tutta la notte,lui racconta la sverità,ma la polizia non gli crede,alla fine il regista mette un relativo lieto fine,perchè la figlia parla,e lo scarcerano.
Un pò meno a buon fine vanno a finire simili episodi nella realtà,ma il regista è comunque meritorio per avere sollevato l'argomento.
Unico film probabilmente a livello MONDIALE,a mettere in luce la violenza subita dagli uomini.
Ed MacAffrey, a loving husband and father, is terrorized by the violent behavior of his wife, Laura. He tolerates this not only because he loves her and is concerned over the welfare of his daughter, but also because men are traditionally regarded as weaklings if they allow themselves to be battered by their wives. After one of Laura's destructive tantrums brings the attention of the police, Ed is suspected of being the aggressor. Finally, Laura goes too far and Ed tries to defend himself - whereupon Laura crashes through the front window of her home and is rendered comatose. Ed is arrested for Domestic Violence and Attempted Murder.[1]
As he is interrogated, he tells his story of years of abuse, and how he even once sought help by calling a domestic violence hotline, only to get scorned and hung up on. This interrogation takes all night, by highly skeptical police. While this is going on, his children have been taken to their paternal grandfather, himself a retired police officer, to spend the night. In the morning, his young daughter, who chose to remain silent through the years of abuse due to the humiliation and shame, asked the grandfather if her mother was in trouble. This surprised the grandfather, who then asked her why she thought her mother, whom he thought was the victim of his abusive son, would be in trouble? To this she said, "Because mommy hits daddy".[2] When this is brought to the attention of the police, Ed is finally let go while Laura is arrested.
