LOST GIRLS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Gabriel Byrne (Hereditary), Oona Laurence (Pet Sematary), Lola Kirke (Mistress America), Miriam Shor (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Reed Birney (Girl Most Likely), Kevin Corrigan (Pineapple Express), Rosal Colon (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Dean Winters (John Wick), Sarah Wisser (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?), director; Michael Werwie (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile), writer; Anne Carey (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) and Kevin McCormick (The Lucky One), producers; Anne Nikitin (American Animals), composer; Igor Martinovic (Silent House), cinematographer; Camilla Toniolo (Living in Oblivion), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Frustrated by the police inaction with her daughter’s sudden disappearance, Mari Gilbert (Ryan) begins her own investigation. As she dives deep into the secluded Long Island community where her daughter was last seen, she uncovers a wave of unsolved murders involving young sex workers, all of whom might have been killed by the same person…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tensions run high in this Netflix thriller where Amy Ryan gets to prove herself as a powerful screen presence, as the frustrated mother of a missing girl who takes it upon herself to solve the case.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2020 (EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX)

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