PREVIEW: The Lost Girls (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Livia De Paolis (Emoticon ;)), Ella-Rae Smith (The Commuter), Joely Richardson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement), Julian Ovenden (Surviving Christmas with the Relatives), Parker Sawyers (Southside With You), Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes), Iain Glen (My Cousin Rachel), Emily Carey (Wonder Woman), Amelia Minto (film debut), Ava Fillery (Come Away), Tilly Marsan (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Livia De Paolis (Emoticon ;)), director, writer, producer; Sam Tipper-Hale (Made in Italy) and Peter Touche (The Odd Way Home), producers; Marc Canham (I Care a Lot), composer; Anna Patarakina (A Balkan Noir), cinematographer; David Freeman (The Full Monty) and Miguel E. Rebagliato (Sink), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Like her grandmother Wendy (Redgrave) and mother Jane (Richardson) before her, Wendy (De Paolis) has vivid memories of adventures to Neverland with the mysterious Peter Pan (Partridge), but struggles to return to reality from a world where nobody grows up. Wendy must now try and break free of Peter’s spell before it consumes her own daughter Berry (Smith)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The timeless tale of Peter Pan is seen through a whole new feminine gaze, in this intriguing generational fantasy-drama from director, writer and star Livia De Paolis.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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