writer or director hilary brougher have create a deeply involve and move masterwork of film with her little independent low budget stephanie daley . brougher have courage to address an issue most people wish to submerge that of unwanted teenage pregnancy and their consequence and she do it in the form of a story that be so well woven and present with such fine actor that she not only succeed in bring attention to her main topic and she also introduce u to two woman whose life and though separate by year of age and be significantly parallel . the result be a film that linger in the mind long after the closing credit . stephanie daley ( amber tamblyn ) be a 16 year old girl and shy and introverted and on the periphery of the social scene at high school until she meet a boy with whom she have consensual sex . the focus of her life change a she grow in girth and at one dramatic point she give birth to a fetus inside a bathroom stall which she secretly discard represent no one know stephanie secret . when she be examine and she be told she be pregnant and a fact which she deny . a forensic psychologist lydie crane ( tilda swinton ) and pregnant herself and be bring into the case to examine stephanie and help the court decide the truth about what happen . a stephanie open up to lydie and lydie begin to acknowledge her own conflict about her current pregnancy with her husband paul ( timothy hutton ) represent their first pregnancy result in a stillbirth and the current pregnancy begin three month after that unresolved tragedy . when lydie be not at her job she face a world of people include a friend frank ( denis ohare ) who make her consider her own concept of right and wrong . lydie and stephanie work together on the concept that the truth be what we believe . how these two woman reach the conclusion they do be the part of the story that be best left unshared until the viewer experience it alone . the cast be so fine that to single out one would be a disservice to the ensemble effect director brougher have achieve . tilda swinton continue to finesse her extraordinary gift a an actress and the young amber tamblyn make a significant stride for her career . there be a small role for fine character actress novella nelson a doctor lynn that be a remarkable achievement . this be a film with a tough subject matter and handle with the utmost dignity and and make a social statement while glow a a superb independent film . highly recommended . grady harp .