Without a Trace

Without a Trace

1983 · 120 min · EN · PG · 5.6 (23 votes)
Dir. Stanley R. Jaffe · Starring Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing, Jacqueline Brookes, Keith McDermott · Music Jack Nitzsche

One morning, Alex Selky got dressed, waved goodbye to his mother, set off for school and disappeared.

DramaMystery

English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, a frantic Selky contacts the police. Detective Al Menetti, a father himself, takes an interest in the case that quickly turns into an obsession. As a devastated Selky struggles to come to terms with Alex's disappearance, Menetti steps out from behind the badge to continue investigating.

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A raw, gut-wrenching portrayal of a mother's desperate search for her missing child. It's a tense, emotional journey through the darkest fears of parental loss, grounded in a palpable sense of urban dread.

anxiousheartbreakingsuspensefuldesperatesteadygritty realismcharacter-driven dramaNYPD proceduralgriefparental loveobsessionloss
new york citybased on true storybrooklynnew york citynypdmissing childchild kidnappingworking mommother child separationmissing sonmother looking for child
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