Silent Witness (1996)
Silent Witness is a 1996 crime drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Sam Waterston and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The film follows a small-town lawyer who is hired to defend a young woman accused of murdering her abusive husband. While the film is primarily a courtroom drama, it also contains several intense and explicit sexual moments.
The first sexual moment in the film occurs when the accused woman, played by Mastrantonio, is being interrogated by the police. She is asked about her relationship with her husband, and she reveals that they had a violent and abusive sexual relationship. This scene is particularly powerful as it conveys the horror of domestic violence and the powerlessness of the victim.
The second sexual moment in the film occurs when the lawyer, played by Waterston, visits the accused woman in jail. He attempts to comfort her by telling her that he believes in her innocence and that he will do everything he can to help her. During this scene, the two share a passionate kiss, which conveys the intensity of their feelings for each other.
The third sexual moment in the film occurs during the trial. The lawyer is cross-examining the accused woman's husband, and he asks him about the sexual relationship between the two of them. The husband reveals that the two had a violent and abusive sexual relationship, and this scene is particularly powerful as it conveys the horror of domestic violence and the powerlessness of the victim.
Overall, Silent Witness is a powerful and intense film that contains several explicit sexual moments. These moments are crucial to the story and help to convey the horror of domestic violence and the powerlessness of the victim.
Almost all female bodies on the examine table are completely naked. Often times it shows breast and nipples. Sometimes there are shots of pubic area.
Contains infrequent strong sex and sexual violence
Many episodes contain little or no sex at all. However, there are occasional sex scenes, some strong, and some strong scenes of, and references to, sexual violence. Notable scenes include: a young man thrusts into a woman whilst lying together in a field (he has his underpants and trousers pulled down and we see his bare buttocks as he thrusts), a man asks a woman to perform oral sex on him in a bar; she moves down to his crotch, undoes his trousers and puts his penis in her mouth and moves her head back and fourth (no nudity is shown) while he moans with pleasure and the men around him watch. One scene involves police officers watching home-made sex tapes, which include scenes of a naked man sitting whilst a woman performs oral sex on him.
In one of the two-part episodes ('And Then I Fell In Love'), a group of young men procure school-age girls, drug them and rape them. In one scene it is implied a group of men rape a girl in turn who they have kidnapped. Another episode concerns the subject of gang rape and includes descriptions of the injuries victims of it suffer. In a disturbing and gory scene (in the story 'Redhill') a man is raped by another man with a truncheon. The penetration itself is implied rather than explictly shown, with the man lying on the ground and screaming in pain. His blood-covered buttocks are shown. There are references to this scene and descriptions of the rape.