Every Secret Thing Page #6

Synopsis: A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Amy Berg
Production: Starz Digital Media
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
2014
93 min
$97,020
Website
224 Views


- Devlin, keep looking!

- Brittany!

Now, Brit, you're gonna be

in trouble

- if you don't come out!

- God! God!

- Hey!

- Que linda, que linda! Hi!

Good girl, good girl.

Good girl.

Brittany!

Where is she?

Brittany!

She was so beautiful.

She looked just like Rodrigo.

- Brittany? Sh*t!

- Brittany!

Cut her hair.

I asked him to cut

her hair so nobody would find her.

He was so nervous,

his nose even started bleeding.

You can't arrest someone

for taking her own baby.

It took me a long time

to find her.

But now that I have,

you can't make me give her back.

I never wanted to give her up

in the first place.

My mom made me.

This is Brittany Lyttle's

birth certificate.

And this is your baby's.

They are two

different girls, Alice.

Where is Brittany?

I know what we did was wrong.

But what happened to me

was wrong, too.

They took my baby.

I want her. I want her.

I understand, Alice.

I do.

But not everybody will.

You are in a lot of trouble.

You could be convicted

of a very serious crime.

You need to help us.

And we'll help you.

What do you mean?

Will you help me find my baby?

No, Alice. No.

Help me.

And I'll help you.

Rodrigo left her with his mom

while he drove me home...

so that no one would suspect me.

We planned on keeping her there

while we waited...

for you to think

Ronnie Fuller took her.

You know, she's done this before,

she might do it again.

I think she's really sick.

We should just

take her out to her family.

It's too late, Ronnie.

This was your idea, Ronnie!

I'll blame it on you.

You said you would

take care of it.

Ronnie?

Come in, sweetie.

- I didn't want to, but she made me.

- What?

I'm sorry, please.

I'm sorry.

Ronnie,

Ronnie, shh. Shh.

Separation

of the individuals at the location...

I can't undo what you've done.

But I can make sure

that Alice...

doesn't go unpunished.

I can make it fair.

Hey, Mom.

My God!

My God!

- My God!

- Yeah, yeah!

My God!

Hi, baby!

- Hi!

- Brittany!

Hi, baby!

Brit-Brit!

My God.

I love you.

My God! My God!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, I love you.

Good work, Detective.

Today, state prosecution has agreed

to a plea bargain

with Alice Manning.

All charges are dropped against her,

while Rodrigo Gutierrez,

the state employee she now

has accused of raping her in prison,

will alone serve 10 years

for the kidnapping.

Earlier today, Miss Manning

gave a statement to the press.

Ladies and gentlemen of the press,

yes, I have something

I would like to say.

I am a victim.

I am a victim

of the justice system.

As a child, I was wrongly accused

of a crime I did not commit.

I spent seven years

in a correctional facility

where I was raped

and where I gave birth to a baby

who was taken from me.

Today, justice was served.

The charges against me

have been dropped.

And the man who

manipulated me as a minor...

She's good.

...and who instigated

this crime will be convicted.

Scary good.

I can now live freely.

I can seek to validate

my rights as an adult.

Thank you.

- Miss Alice Manning.

- Alice! Alice Manning!

You know who's better?

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Nicole Holofcener

Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough Said as well as various television series. more…

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