Watch Secret Cutting (2000) Free Online

Release Date: 2000

Cast: Malina Adams, Kett Turton, Cody Serpa, Rhea Perlman, Kimberlee Peterson, Sean Young, Jennifer Pudavick, Robert Wisden

Categories: Movies, Indie

Secret Cutting (also known as Painful Secrets) is a 2000 Made-for-TV movie directed by Norma Bailey, starring Kimberlee Peterson and Rhea Perlman, about a self-injurer teenager, focusing on and her relation with family, friend and acquaintances. The story of the television film is based on the novel The Luckiest Girl in the World, which was written by Steven Levenkron. Shy Dawn Cottrell (Kimberlee Peterson) is a teenager who attempts to please the world but feels like she can please no one. Unlike most people, who are able to express extreme emotions outwardly through words or through... MORE

Secret Cutting (also known as Painful Secrets) is a 2000 Made-for-TV movie directed by Norma Bailey, starring Kimberlee Peterson and Rhea Perlman, about a self-injurer teenager, focusing on and her relation with family, friend and acquaintances. The story of the television film is based on the novel The Luckiest Girl in the World, which was written by Steven Levenkron. Shy Dawn Cottrell (Kimberlee Peterson) is a teenager who attempts to please the world but feels like she can please no one. Unlike most people, who are able to express extreme emotions outwardly through words or through tears, Dawn's only mechanism for channeling her pain is through self-injury. This physical pain brought on by cutting or burning herself secures for Dawn relief from the emotional pain that she otherwise would be unable to release. The film provides an insightful look into a disorder that for years has been disregarded or shunned because people simply were not ready to deal with it. Her life consists of a continuous series of disappointments. With few, if any, real friends at school, and a family so dysfunctional it's coming apart at the seams, Dawn finds solace in being able to control at least one LESS