Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie and John Malkovichin a provocative thriller based on actual events: Changeling. In thefilm, Christine Collins' (Jolie) prayers are met when her kidnapped sonis returned. But amidst the frenzy of the photo-op reunion, sherealizes this child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a skepticalpublic, she desperately hunts for answers, only to be confronted by atruth that will change her forever.

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb,Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When shecame home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues,and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned.Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions,Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows heis not Walter.

As she pushes authorities to keep looking, shelearns that in Prohibition-era L.A. women don't challenge the systemand live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit,Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (Malkovich), whohelps her fight the city to look for her missing boy. Based on theactual incident that rocked California's legal system, Changeling tellsthe shocking tale of a mother's quest to find her son, and those whowon't stop until they silence her.