The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies.

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Release Date

12/25/1976

Runtime

91 mins

Overview

Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A deeply unsettling portrait of a girl forced into ruthless self-preservation, maintaining a dangerous lie while fending off predatory adults in a seaside town. The film refuses easy moral judgment, creating a disquieting tension between victim and perpetrator.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedBittersweetWistful

Themes

SurvivalComing of ageIsolationFamilyPower

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Child endangermentSexual contentSuicide and self-harmAnimal harm

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