Leo

Two stories run side by side. In one, a young mother carries the weight of a mistake she made years ago and pushes her small son away from her. In the other, a writer released after fifteen years in prison takes a job at a diner. The two stories look unrelated at first; then they meet. Mehdi Norowzian's film tells violence against a child without showing it; what happened becomes visible through its consequences. Joseph Fiennes plays the writer and Elisabeth Shue the mother, with Sam Shepard and Dennis Hopper also in the cast. The plot runs the two times together and keeps the connection for the end. The tone is heavy and quiet.