THE STARLING GIRL

2023
1 HR, 56 min
JUN 30 → JUL 13

Details

Released May 12, 2023

United States

1 hour, 56 minutes

Bleecker Street

None

Starring

Eliza Scanlen
Lewis Pullman
Jimmi Simpson
Wren Schmidt
Claire Elizabeth Green
Ellie May

Director

Laurel Parmet

Film Information

Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly, he draws her into a dangerous relationship that could upend their entire community.

Film Stills

Full Cast

Eliza Scanlen

Lewis Pullman

Jimmi Simpson

Wren Schmidt

Claire Elizabeth Green

Ellie May

Additional Credits

Laurel Parmet Director

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Reviews

“The language and strictures of their religious community are perfectly rendered by writer and director Laurel Parmet, who captures the complicated interplay of power and immaturity that can blossom in isolated communities.”

Allissa Wilkson

Vox

“The power of this sensitive and devilishly detailed coming-of-age drama is rooted in the friction that it finds between biblical paternalism and modern personhood.”

David Ehrlich

indieWIRE

“Parmet’s strong script and surety behind the camera navigates the audience through this complicated story of religion and sexuality, patriarchy and power, brought to eerily accurate life by the ensemble of excellent actors.”

Katie Walsh

TheWrap