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''We Need to Talk about Dad'' is a 2011 television documentary film concerning mental health and domestic violence. It was aired as part of 's ''Cutting Edge'' series. The documentary was shortlisted for the 2012 British Academy Television Awards and the 2012 Grierson Awards. == Synopsis == The film tells of the effects of domestic violence and mental health within a family. It documents a 24-year-old's attempts to comprehend his father's apparently impulsive behaviour in striking his mother over the head with the blunt end of an axe. The incident happened on 27 April 2004, when the son was aged 16. The parents had been married for at that time and had two sons, the eldest of which is the subject of the film.〔 As a result of the attack, the father was charged with attempted murder. Psychiatric evaluations indicated a "temporary psychotic episode" linked to the recent death of his own father. He blamed the suicide of his sister, which had happened many years earlier, on his own father.〔 The mother's determination to prevent marital breakdown led her to tell of the father's good characteristics,〔 to ask her sons to do the same,〔 and to encourage the eldest son to visit his father in prison.〔 The original charge was dropped and a conviction was made for grievous bodily harm, resulting in a relatively short jail term.〔 When the father returned home, the eldest son had difficulty at the time in reaccepting him. However, he later respected his father for returning rather than trying to escape. In contrast, his younger brother was pleased with his father's return, having been somewhat shielded from what had happened.〔 The parents separated six months after the father's return.〔 In the film, the eldest son reflects on his mother's reacceptance of his father again.〔 In an interview with ''The Guardian'' in 2011 discussing the film the son wondered, "Is everyone capable of that?"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「We Need to Talk about Dad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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