The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [Blu-ray]

Director: Nicolas Gessner Nicolas Gessner

Overview

In this Canadian thriller, Jodie Foster plays the title character, a reclusive, fiercely self-reliant teenager who lives alone in her father's house. When visitors call, Foster explains that her father is away on business. He's away, all right...far, far, away. And Foster, determined not to lose her independence, will go to any lengths to protect her secret, a fact that nosy neighbor Alexis Smith learns to her regret. A new danger to Foster's well-being looms in the form of pedophile Martin Sheen, who schemes to place the girl in a compromising position. Offering a helping hand to Foster is misfit teenager Mario (Scott Jacoby). Laird Koenig adapted his own novel to the screen.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2016
UPC:	0738329179724
Original Release:	1976
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00

Special Features

On camera interview with star Martin Sheen Audio commentary with director Nicolas Gessner Conversation with Martin Sheen and Nicolas Gessner Original trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jodie Foster	Rynn
Martin Sheen	Frank Hallet
Alexis Smith	Mrs. Hallet
Scott Jacoby	Mario
Mort Shuman	Officer Miglioriti
Clesson Goodhue	Bank Manager
Hubert Noel	Bank Clerk
Jacques Famery	Bank Clerk
Mary Morter	Teller
Judie Wildman	Teller
Dorothy Davis	Town Hall Clerk
Christian Gaubert	Composer

Technical Credits

Laird Koenig

Richard Locchte

Nicolas Gessner	Director
Zev Braun	Producer
Harold Greenberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Alfred Pariser	Executive Producer,Producer
Denis Héroux	Producer
Leland Nolan	Producer
Laird Koenig	Screenwriter
Eugene Lepicier	Producer
Richard Locchte	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

An interesting little oddball chiller about a young girl (Jodie Foster) who lives alone with a dark secret. Social workers and all manner of concerned adults stop by to find out why no one ever sees her parents, and much of the film is spent exploring her daily existence bearing the burden of this subterfuge. Of course, many of those who come to visit her never leave the house again, and it all seems to have something to do with whoever - or whatever - is in the cellar. Martin Sheen, in a quietly chilling performance, plays a strange young man with an unusual interest in young girls who stops by to hit on her every so often. Foster is superb as usual, and this is the perfect film for those interested in contemporary scares without buckets of scarlet.

All Movie Guide - Robert Firsching