The Marsh King's Daughter

The Marsh King's Daughter

K14

Genre

Drama, Mystery, Crime

Director

Neil Burger

Run time

1h 48min

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Daisy Ridley, Garrett Hedlund, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince

Based on the internationally bestselling award-winning psychological suspense novel The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne, ‘Helena Petterier’ (Daisy Ridley) leads an ideal life with a great husband and a young daughter but she keeps secret her shocking backstory: her mother was kidnapped as a teen, and she was the product of the relationship between captive and tormentor. She lives for 12 years in a life carefully controlled by her kidnapper/father ‘Jacob,’(Ben Mendelsohn) until he is caught and sent to prison. An escape that leaves two prison guards dead forces her to confront her secret history and she becomes determined to bring down her father, who gave her all the tools she will need. He is the one called the Marsh King, the man who kept a woman and her young daughter captive in the wilderness for years. Sensing the danger this monster poses for her husband and young daughter, she vows to hunt him down.

Genre

Drama, Mystery, Crime

Director

Neil Burger

Run time

1h 48min

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Daisy Ridley, Garrett Hedlund, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince

Based on the internationally bestselling award-winning psychological suspense novel The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne, ‘Helena Petterier’ (Daisy Ridley) leads an ideal life with a great husband and a young daughter but she keeps secret her shocking backstory: her mother was kidnapped as a teen, and she was the product of the relationship between captive and tormentor. She lives for 12 years in a life carefully controlled by her kidnapper/father ‘Jacob,’(Ben Mendelsohn) until he is caught and sent to prison. An escape that leaves two prison guards dead forces her to confront her secret history and she becomes determined to bring down her father, who gave her all the tools she will need. He is the one called the Marsh King, the man who kept a woman and her young daughter captive in the wilderness for years. Sensing the danger this monster poses for her husband and young daughter, she vows to hunt him down.

Info

Rating

Under 14 Not Allowed

Production year

2023

Global distributor

STX Entertainment

Local distributor

ACME Film OÜ

In cinema

11/10/2023