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The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

2025 · 90 min

A tense, slow-building true-crime drama that keeps you anxious for a naive teenager as she walks unknowingly toward danger.

Directed by
Michelle Ouellet
Genres
Crime, Drama, Tv movie
Overview
15-year-old Alina Thompson, an aspiring model in 1980s Los Angeles, pulls a fast one on her parents and sneaks away to an amateur photo casting call, where she meets photographer William Bradford. Unbeknownst to Alina, William is a serial killer, and she may be next.
How it feels
Tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Survival, deception, coming-of-age, crime
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Michelle Ouellet
Genres
Crime, Drama, Tv movie
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
period
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Michelle Ouellet
Written by
Christine Conradt
Starring
Brielle Robillard, Steve Byers, Ashley Jones, Sam Trammell, Rachel Sellan, Gabriel Burrafato, Alex Gravenstein, Russell Yuen
Cinematography
Bill St. John
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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