Mystic River (2003)

jimmy markum, dave boyle and sean devine grew up together in a working-class neighborhood in boston, spending time playing baseball on the street, like so many other east buckingham kids. life went on quietly, until dave was involved in something horrible that would forever change their destiny. twenty-five years later the three find themselves united by another terrible event, the murder of jimmy's nineteen-year-old daughter. the case is assigned to sean, who has since become a policeman, and to his partner and the two must manage to get there before jimmy, a man devoured by the anxiety of finding his daughter's killer. linked to crime by a series of circumstances, dave is forced to confront the demons of his past, who threaten to destroy his marriage and any hope of having a future. as the investigations close around the three friends, we discover a disturbing story of friendship, family relationships and innocence lost too soon.