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A psychiatrist who counseled traumatized orphans adopted 5 children from around the world raised them away from violence in a house full of love Tonight, 30 years later, he's on his deathbed and his youngest son is on a mission to prove his father didn't adopt for love but for experimentation.... SYNOPSIS World renowned Psychiatrist, Dr. Nathaniel Shellner, is succumbing to Lou Gehrig's disease as he reunites all of his children for a final farewell at Christmas. Things take a dark turn when one of his 5 adopted children, Tommy, 35, asks his father to confess to having performed mind control experiments on him and his siblings throughout their childhood. Tommy declares his family has never taken his claims seriously, labeling his delusions as by-products of his post-traumatic stress disorder. Tommy hunts for any "evidence" he can turn up to prove the credibility of his story. As the night unravels, hysteria sets in and seizes the family as they are forced to confront the loss of their father and the shadows of their pasts. THE RED ROBIN is both a psychological thriller and an intense drama involving a family in a desperate crisis. |