Lost Girls

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Movie
Original title Lost Girls
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2020
length 95 minutes
Rod
Director Liz Garbus
script Michael Werwie
production Anne Carey ,
Kevin McCormick
music Anne Nikitin
camera Igor Martinović
cut Camilla Toniolo
occupation

Lost Girls is a mystery thriller directed by Liz Garbus that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 .

action

On Long Iceland living Mari Gilbert drives the law enforcement officials tirelessly to to to look for their missing, eldest daughter Shannan. When she does her own research, she finds that Shannan was part of an online world of sex workers made up mostly of young working class women. In the process, Mari also gets involved in a series of unsolved murders by the Long Island serial killer.

production

The film is based on the book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker , in which the latter tells the true story of Mari Gilbert, who investigated the disappearance of her daughter and generated public attention for the still unsolved case of the Long Island serial killer .

Directed by Liz Garbus , who made mostly documentaries in the past.

The main role of the investigative mother Mari Gilbert was cast with Amy Ryan .

A first trailer was presented in mid-January 2020. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2020 and was included in Netflix 's programming on March 13, 2020 .

reception

Reviews

The film was rated positively by 72 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics.

Awards

Miami Film Festival 2020

  • Nomination for the Marquee, Precious Gem Award

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.sundance.org/projects/lost-girls
  2. a b c Lost Girls. In: sundance.org. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  3. https://www.slashfilm.com/lost-girls-trailer/
  4. 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
  5. Sundance Film Festival 2020: Program. In: sundance.org. Accessed December 21, 2019 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
  6. https://www.longislandpress.com/2020/01/16/lost-girls-movie-about-gilgo-murders-debuts-on-netflix-in-march/
  7. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lost_girls_2020
  8. https://miamifilmfestival.com/events/lost-girls/