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The Other Tom (2021)

The Other Tom (2021)

Drama
Release Date: 2021, December 31
Directors: Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo
Countries: Mexico, United States of America
Production: Buenaventura, BHD Films
Cast: Julia Chávez, Israel Rodríguez Bertorelli, Malicia Dominguez, Sergio Leonardo Delgado, Alejandra Dozal, Cristopher Jones, Sofía Alejandra Prieto

Overview:

Elena is a single mother dependant on Social Services. Her son Tom has behaviour issues and is stigmatised at school as a "problem child". An absent father further complicates their difficult relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and given psychiatric medication, but a strange accident alerts his mother as to their side effects. When she refuses to continue administering the drugs to him, Social Services threaten to take Tom from her.