Silent Fall is a 1994 American psychological thriller film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J. T. Walsh, and Liv Tyler in her debut role.

It was actually Sylvie who killed her parents because her father had raped her repeatedly and was trying to do the same to Tim, and her mother was aware of the abuse and stayed silent the entire time.

Sylvie tearfully tries to kill Jake again to stop other people from learning about her secret, but is persuaded not to do so by Tim who speaks with his own voice for the first time.

Akiva Goldsman wrote the screenplay under the title of Indian Summer which was acquired by Morgan Creek Entertainment for $500,000 in February 1991.

[3] In September 1993, it was reported that Dreyfuss had missed the first day of filming as he was invited by the White House to attend the signing of the Oslo I Accord.

[4] To prepare for his role, Ben Faulkner visited and observed autistic children at the Linwood Center in Ellicott City, Maryland.

"[10] Caryn James of The New York Times criticized the screenplay and dialogue, noting that the actors "do the best they can", adding that the film "takes a lurid turn that includes enough fodder for several tabloid television shows and a few Stephen King novels.