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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

1976 · 91 min

A quietly chilling, slow-burn thriller that keeps you tense with its eerie atmosphere and a child's unsettling composure.

Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
Tagline
Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies.
Overview
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

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Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • deception
  • coming-of-age
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Written by
Laird Koenig
Starring
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby, Dorothy Davis, Clesson Goodhue, Hubert Noël
Music
Christian Gaubert
Cinematography
René Verzier
Runtime
91 min
Country
France, Canada
Languages
English

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