Silent Fall (1994)

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An autistic young boy and his older sister Liv Tyler watch their parents brutally get murdered. Richard Dreyfuss plays the child psychologist who tries to help the kid remember the events on what lead up to the killings. Linda Hamilton and John Lithgow have relatively thankless roles playing Dreyfuss's wife and rival psychiatrist respectively. Written by Akiva Goldsman (Batman & Robin, Winter's Tale) and directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy).

[NathanJoel 10]

I had to read that three times and I'm still not sure I fully understand it.