Rachel first refuses to believe, thinking that Melinda is lying out of jealousy and calls her "sick", but comes to realize the truth by confronting Andy who had spoken Melinda's name earlier (despite claiming to have never met any of Rachel's friends before).
Melinda meets Rachel at the library and tells her the truth about what happened at the party by writing it on paper. Her former best friend, Rachel Bruin, starts dating Andy, and Melinda fears that Rachel will suffer the same fate as she did. The restoration of Melinda's confidence progresses at a painfully slow rate, with some help from Dave and her art teacher, Mr. The only other student with whom Melinda has a positive experience is her lab partner, Dave Petrakis, who has successfully managed to avoid affiliating himself with a clique. Melinda is nice to a new student named Heather Billings, who claims to be Melinda's "friend", but Heather soon abandons Melinda when the chance for social advancement arises. After refusing to read her paper aloud to her class, she is sent to the principal's office. Neck, who tells her to write an essay on any history topic. When her parents see her report card, they prompt Melinda to see a teacher named Mr. Her reason for calling 9-1-1 was to tell the police that she had been raped by a senior student at the party, Andy Evans, but her trauma prevented her from reporting the rape over the telephone or to the police when they arrived. A series of flashbacks reveal that she called the police to a house party during the previous summer. Throughout the day, she is made fun of by several students, repeatedly called a " squealer". She doesn't have any friends to hang out with, and appears awkward and uncomfortable when speaking to others. Plot įourteen-year-old Melinda Sordino begins her first year in high school and struggles on the first day. It was broadcast on Showtime and Lifetime in 2005 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004. The film’s story is told through Melinda's perspective. It stars Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who practically stops talking after a senior student rapes her. Speak is a 2004 American independent coming-of-age teen drama film based on the award-winning 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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