Return to Innocence (film)

Infobox Film | name = Return to Innocence
caption = DVD COver
director = Rocky Costanzo
producer = Mark Andrews
writer = Gary M. Frazier
starring = Richard Meese Andrew Martin
music = Orren Merton
cinematography = Steve Rowe
editing = Rocky Costanzo Sandy Gonzalez
distributor = Lifeline Entertainment
released = 2001 (USA)
runtime = 98 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0288192

"Return to Innocence" is a 2001 independent film about Glen Erskine (Richard Meese), who gets caught up in a child sex abuse case with Tommy Jackson (Andrew Martin). The screenplay for "Return to Innocence" was written by Gary M. Frazier and is based on his novel of the same title.

ynopsis

Erksine, a family man, is the director and chief of staff of New Horizons, a group home and counseling center for abused boys. Glen is a child psychologist who meets a new patient named Tommy Jackson, who is a victim of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.

At New Horizons, Tommy's life finally seems to be coming together, until the nature of the love he shares with one of his counselors is discovered, and their relationship is ended. Tommy accuses Erskine, the one he believes is responsible, and brings Erskine to court in a high profile child sex abuse scandal.

Title

The title of the movie references the fact that once an individual is accused of sexual molestation on a minor in the United States and elsewhere, it doesn't matter if they've been exonerated of any charges, the mere fact that they've been accused of it brands them guilty in the eyes of the community, and are subsequently ostracized from the community as if they "were" guilty. Hence the title - once accused, there is no "return to innocence".

ee also

*List of films portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors

External links

* [http://www.lifelineentertainment.com/ Official site] of LifeLine Entertainment.
* [http://www.rtimovie.com Official site] of Return to Innocence.
*imdb title|id=0288192|title=Return to Innocence.