The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.
Plot
On Halloween night, in a seaside town, Rynn Jacobs celebrates her thirteenth birthday alone. She and her father, Lester Jacobs, a poet, had recently moved to the village from England. Frank Hallet, adult son of their landlady Cora Hallet, visits unexpectedly and, finding her alone, makes sexual advances toward Rynn.
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| author | Laird Koenig |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | Nicolas Gessner |
| editor | Yves Langlois |
| genre | drama horror mystery thriller |
| keywords | abusive mother divorce halloween halloween night kill living room old man one night pass pneumonia potassium cyanide seaside town sexual favor talk |
| musicBy | Christian Gaubert |
| producer | Zev Braun |
| productionCompany | Claremont Productions I.C.L. Industries La Societe Filmel Ypsilon Films Zev Braun Productions |
| publisher | Astral Films |
| recordedAt | Montreal |
| theme | feminist mystery thriller psychological thriller |