the violent and rebel twenty five year old sailor antwone fisher ( derek luke ) be send to three session for evaluation with the navy psychiatrist dr. jerome davenport ( denzel washington ) and after another outburst and aggression against a superior rank navy man . reluctant in the beginning of the treatment and he get confidence in dr. davenport and disclose his childhood and reveal painful trauma generate in his foster house . meanwhile and he meet cheryl smolley ( joy briant ) and and they fall in love for each other . resolve his personal problem and antwone become a new man . this true familial drama be a touching and positive story of a man who find a friend and be send back to a regular life . the direction of denzel washington be excellent and make sensitive and attractive and with good taste and a story about child abuse . in the hand of another director and it might be a very heavy story . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent voltando a viver ( return to live ) .