Little Accidents

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

May 12 2016 Not Rated 1h 45m
Drama

In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.

Plot

A recent coal mining accident has killed several miners and left the small town community scarred and traumatized. The wealthy mining executive responsible for the accident, Bill Doyle, wants to pretend that it never happened, referring to the mining families as "trailer trash". His wife Diana and son JT know better, though. Diana is drowning in guilt and feels socially awkward around the other rich snobs she used to be friends with. She copes with it by having an affair with Amos, the lone survivor of the mining accident who now walks with a limp and lives with his dying father. JT is worried that his father will go to prison, and takes out his anger on the mining families' children, especially Owen Briggs. Owen is a young boy who lost his father in the disaster. He lives with his bad-tempered aunt, his grieving mother, and his little brother James, who has Down's Syndrome. One day Owen is in the woods with James, and he gets into a fight with JT, accidentally going too far...

Written by

Sara Colangelo

Directed by

Sara Colangelo

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

MindSmack Productions, Archer Gray, Maiden Voyage Pictures, TideRock Media

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 12 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
3,916
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA