The United States of Leland (2003) on Netflix
Leland P. Fitzgerald is held in juvenile hall for the murder of Ryan Pollard, his girlfriend's intellectually disabled brother. Pearl Madison, a teacher there, wants to know why.
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Plot summary
Leland P. Fitzgerald is arrested for killing Ryan Pollard, the intellectually disabled brother of his girlfriend Becky, in their Arizona community. Ryan's parents, Harry and Karen, and his other sister Julie grieve, while Leland's divorced parents return for the trial: Marybeth, who wants to see her son, and Albert, a novelist who learns of the case from a newspaper. At the juvenile detention center, teacher Pearl Madison, hoping to write about Leland, notices something different about the withdrawn teenager and bends the rules so Leland can keep a journal.
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