Waterland is a 1992 British-American mystery drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, and starring Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack and Ethan Hawke.

Soon after, worried about Mary's mental health, Crick changes his method for teaching History, and starts narrating his life to his class and interweaving three generations of his family.

His narrative is told in flashbacks that tell the story of a teenage Crick and his mentally challenged older brother Dick, who live in The Fens of England with their widowed father during World War II.

Young Mary's relationship with Crick's older brother sets off a chain of tragic events when she becomes pregnant, either by Tom or by Dick.

Believing that a wealthy young man in the community, Freddie Parr, was the father of Mary's baby, Dick murders him and throws his body into the river.

After the boy appears at the dredging bridge run by their father Henry, Tom confronts Dick, telling him he knows he murdered Freddie and tried to make it look like an accidental drowning.

After Dick forces Tom to read the letter and tell him what it reveals, he suffers a nervous breakdown and runs away from his home, throwing himself into the water.