Lost Girls is a 2020 American mystery drama film, directed by Liz Garbus, from a screenplay by Michael Werwie, and based on the book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker. The film revolves around the murders of young female sex workers on the South Shore barrier islands of Long Island, committed by the Long Island serial killer, who remains unidentified.
Lost Girls stars Amy Ryan as real life activist Mari Gilbert, along with Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke, Oona Laurence, Dean Winters, Miriam Shor, Reed Birney, Kevin Corrigan and Gabriel Byrne. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2020, and was released on March 13, 2020, by Netflix.
Premise
Mari Gilbert relentlessly drives law enforcement agents to search for her missing daughter and, in the process, sheds light on a wave of unsolved murders of young female sex workers on the South Shore barrier islands of Long Island, committed by the Long Island serial killer.
Cast
Amy Ryan as Mari Gilbert
Thomasin McKenzie as Sherre Gilbert
Gabriel Byrne as Commissioner Richard Dormer
Oona Laurence as Sarra Gilbert
Lola Kirke as Kim
Miriam Shor as Lorraine
Reed Birney as Dr. Peter Hackett
Kevin Corrigan as Joe Scalise
Rosal Colon as Selena Garcia
Dean Winters as Dean Bostick
Sarah Wisser as Shannan Gilbert
Austyn Johnson as Young Shannan Gilbert
James Hiroyuki Liao as Michael Pak
Molly Brown as Missy
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