Changeling (2008)
Release Year: 2008
Nation: United States of America
Alternative Title: L'échange, I antallagi, Der Fremde Sohn, Intercambio, Sahtekar, El sustituto, The Exchange
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Production & Genre
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Companies: Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Mystery Film
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Keywords
Keywords: 1920s, apathetic, based on true story, biography, child abduction, child in peril, clergyman, desperate woman, disbelieving cop, female hysteria, los angeles, california, mental asylum, mental hospital, missing child, missing son, mother son relationship, police corruption, police coverup, shock treatment, single mother, street urchin, telephone switchboard operator
Story
In Los Angeles, 1928, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), a telephone switchboard operator and single mother, returns home to find her nine-year-old son Walter missing. After five months of relentless searching by Christine and the police, a boy fitting Walter's description is found in Illinois. The LAPD reunites Christine with the boy amidst public fanfare, but she insists he isn't her son. Dismissed as either a liar or hysterical, Christine joins a minister in publicly criticizing the Police Department, leading to their retaliation against her. Meanwhile, a police officer discovers a Canadian youth at a dilapidated ranch who claims to know what happened to Walter.
Summary
Changeling (2008), directed by Clint Eastwood, is a mystery drama based on true events that unfold in Los Angeles during the 1920s. The film follows Christine Collins' desperate search for her missing son and her struggle against police corruption when she becomes convinced that the boy returned to her isn't her child. Changeling explores themes of injustice, female hysteria, apathy from authorities, and the abuse of power.
