![]() ![]() However, minutes later a female congregant approaches Jem and her mother Heidi (Wrenn Schmidt) in what we guess will be a compliment on the teenager’s performance. We first meet Jem, dressed in white, starting her day with a prayer to the Lord, “I hope to glorify You in all I do.” Minutes later she’s performing an interpretive dance with several other girls in front of the congregation at the Holy Grace Church to the hymn “All Creatures of Our God and King.” With the synchronicity of a well-rehearsed ballet troupe, the performance goes off without a hitch. There’s a little Beth in Jem Starling, the 17-year-old protagonist played by Scanlen at the center of Parmet’s “The Starling Girl” which takes place in Kentucky amidst a small Christian fundamentalist group run by Pastor Taylor (Kyle Secor). Ripe with tension, the searing drama stirs up feelings of outrage as victim shaming proves to be the most powerful weapon in the religious abuser’s arsenal.Įliza Scanlen made her acting debut four years ago in Greta Gerwigs’ “Little Women” as Beth, the kind and caring March sister at the heart of the story. ![]() In writer-director Laurel Parmet’s feature debut a teenage girl (Eliza Scanlen) in a Christian fundamentalist group begins having an affair with her married and older youth pastor (Lewis Pullman) who uses the bible as a weapon of seduction. While right-wing conservatives attack the LGBTQ community specifically targeting drag performers and transgender people, an uprising on TikTok is underway which is turning the focus of sexual abuse towards religious leaders who seem to go unpunished after decades of reported misconduct. ![]()
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