THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER

THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER

  • Director | Neil Burger
  • Writer | Elle Smith & Mark L. Smith
  • Cast | Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Gil Birmingham, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince
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The Marsh King’s Daughter is a mesmerizing, dramatic thriller centered on a woman who must risk everything to hunt down a dangerous man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father.

Synopsis

Based on the internationally bestselling award-winning psychological suspense novel THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER by Karen Dionne, ‘Helena Pelletier 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,’ 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.

Producers

Teddy Schwarzman, Keith Redmon, Mark L. Smith

Executive Producers

Michael Heimler, Charles Miller, Cliff Roberts, Robert Simonds, Adam Fogelson, John Friedberg, Samuel J. Brown

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