While
in a restaurant, Carla Davenport (Kate Beckinsale), Charlie Archenault
(Forest Whitaker), Bruce Laraby (Guy Pearce), Anne Hagen (Dakota
Fanning) and her best friend Jimmy Jasperson (Josh Hutcherson) suddenly
hear gunshots. Anne's father, Anne and Jimmy retreat under a table to
watch a suicidal gunman shoot several people (including Anne's father)
and then himself. This is what causes the trauma between the five that
survived the murder. Struggling to understand her father's death, Anne
forms some sort of religious hysteria. Jimmy becomes mute, protecting a
secret that he and Anne share until it nearly destroys him and his
already fractured family.
Charlie, who was grazed by a bullet and is a driving-school teacher,
attempts to make his incredible luck work for him at the casino. Carla,
the restaurant cashier, loses her ability to take care of herself and
her infant son. (Ron Abler), a psychologist, attempts to help the
survivors but is met with suspicion and little response from any of
them. Dr. Laraby (Guy Pearce), an ER physician who failed to save two
of the shooting victims, turns to his wife as someone to 'save.' The
movie follows these five traumatized people as they struggle to regain
their trust in the ordinary world.
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