death

An intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy. The family's apparently ordinary existence has been shattered by the death of the oldest son in a boating accident. The younger son struggles against suicide and guilt left behind by the drowning, with a lifeline to survival provided by an empathetic psychiatrist.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in a rural community expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.