Strangers shouldn't talk to little girls.
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.
- Sexual violence
- Harm to children
- Suicide or self-harm
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
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Contemporary, intimate, bleak and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Elliot PageHayley Stark
- Patrick WilsonJeff Kohlver
- Sandra OhJudy Tokuda
- Odessa RaeJanelle Rogers
- G.J. EchternkampNighthawks Clerk
- Cori BrightGirl in Nighthawks (uncredited)
Crew
- David SladeDirector
- Brian NelsonWriter
- Jo WillemsDirector of Photography
- Harry EscottOriginal Music Composer
- Molly NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Art JonesEditor
- David HigginsProducer
- Richard HuttonProducer
- Michael CaldwellProducer
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