Adam (1983)

When John (Daniel J. Travanti) and Reve’s (JoBeth Williams) only child goes missing from an urban department store they conduct an overnight search involving local authorities and community members. During the continuous search, they slowly come to grips with the reality that they have seen the last of their little boy. They go through stages of intense grief and anger while trying to keep their marriage from coming apart at the seams, until they are touched by an outpouring of support locally and nationally. They set up their own personal help center for the large number of families going through the same experience. Through various television interviews and visits to Washington D.C., they become outspoken voices on the FBI’s lack of expediency in assisting cases involving missing children. They mend their wounds with new beginnings and become the faces of the Missing Child Act.

Favorite scene

John conducts an interview in his office regarding his help center and the state of missing children. During the interview he loses his train of thought reflecting on an early memory with Adam in the exact same room.