Sleepers

Sleepers

Language : English
Year : 1996
Medical Theme : Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Actors : Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
Storyline : Four friends, mostly in their teens, live a carefree life in a poor neighborhood in New York. One day when they try to escape without paying for a hot dog, they accidentally end up almost killing a person walking in the subway. In the court the boys are sentenced to long time imprisonment and there they are constantly abused and tortured by the guards. In the end, after fourteen years, the boys after they are free decide to kill the guards for revenge.