The Starling Girl
6.5 / Rating
2023
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
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The Starling Girl is a 2023 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Laurel Parmet in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt, and Austin Abrams. Set in a Christian fundamentalist community in Kentucky, it follows Jemima "Jem" Starling (Scanlen), a 17-year-old girl struggling with her religious beliefs as she romantically pursues married missionary Owen Taylor (Pullman).
