Executive producers Paula Jalfon and Christine Langan took it through the development stage, and were joined by executive producer Steven Soderbergh. In 2005 BBC Films acquired the rights to adapt the book as a film.
She uses drain cleaner to unclog the disposal and Celia is later blinded in one eye after being exposed to the cleaner while Kevin was supposed to be watching her. Eva finds its remains in the garbage disposal the next day. A few years later, Celia's pet guinea pig mysteriously goes missing. However, Kevin is disdainful and jealous. Franklin gives him a bow and arrow and teaches him archery.Įva and Franklin have a second child, Celia, who is lively and cheerful. When Kevin is confined to bed with a fever, Eva reads him Robin Hood when Robin competes in Prince John's archery contest, Kevin shows Eva affection for the first time.
Kevin tells Franklin he fell, using the incident to manipulate Eva into doing what he wants.įranklin dismisses Eva's concerns and makes excuses for Kevin's behavior. Eva's frustration drives her to throw Kevin against the wall, breaking his arm. He behaves like a happy, loving son when his father, Franklin, is watching. As a baby, he cries incessantly, but only around her as a child, he resists toilet training, rebuffs Eva's attempts at affection, and shows no interest in anything. He appears to loathe and deliberately antagonize Eva, and she has trouble bonding with him, instead often yelling at him and insulting his intelligence. She looks back at her memories of his growing up as she tries to cope with the hostility of her neighbors.Įva, a reluctant mother, views Kevin as detached and difficult from childhood. Eva Khatchadourian, once a successful travel writer, lives alone in a rundown house and works in a travel agency near a prison, where she visits Kevin, her son.
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