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The Girl Who Wasn't Missing
Premiere 2011 Length 70 Minutes DVD Release Jan. 18, 2022
Distributor Wild Eye Releasing (Worldwide) Starring Kai Lanette, Alyssa Hedrick, Rob Dale, Jerell Gray Director, Editor, Camera Shane Ryan (credited as Bonéshin) Writers Kai Lanette, Shane Ryan (credited as Bonéshin) Co-Executive Producer Molly Wryn Producers Sean Cain, Jeremy Williams |
Synopsis
An isolated teen's life quickly spirals out of control when she is kicked out onto the streets after being gang-raped and impregnated. A re-imagining of Shane Ryan's 2009 feature Warning!!! Pedophile Released. Executive produced by Molly Wryn (Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony).
An isolated teen's life quickly spirals out of control when she is kicked out onto the streets after being gang-raped and impregnated. A re-imagining of Shane Ryan's 2009 feature Warning!!! Pedophile Released. Executive produced by Molly Wryn (Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony).
PURCHASE:
DVD WATCH ON DEMAND
Press/Screenings
Festivals
-2011 Pollygrind Film Festival (Las Vegas) *Winner, Film with The Most Heart
-2014 Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland) Shane Ryan retrospective series
-2016 Guerilla Moviemaking Awards (Online Awards Festival) *Winner, Kai Lanette - Best Actress *Winner, Kai Lanette & Shane Ryan - Best Screenplay *Honorable Mention for Best Film/Best of Fest
-2018 Romford Film Festival (London, UK) Shane Ryan retrospective series
Interviews/Features
-Shane Ryan speaks with [re]searchmytrash, Fake Shemp
Reviews
"Shane Ryan is not so much a narrative director as he is a lyrical one, relying much more on atmosphere and the emotions of his scenes than actual action - and The Girl Who Wasn't Missing looks and feels just right, always carrying the right emotions, bringing its points across beautifully, and giving heart to its grim story" -[re]searchmytrash
"It is brutal, disturbing and it grips you in a very emotional way." -Rogue Cinema
"What I like about Ryan’s directorial style is that he brings a sort of artistic beauty to the disturbing/shocking genre of indie film. Like a single flower growing in a pile of corpses, he is able to add a stimulating visual style to a tragic tale of a sad character." -The Film Philosopher
"captures this teenage girl's life without sugar coating. The camera doesn't flinch...[it] deals with some of society's hidden truths and explores the human condition in an honest and confronting way. [Ryan's] films are divisive and challenging and deserve attention...He is a director that I cannot help but admire and can't think of many other filmmakers who speak with a social conscience quite like he does." -FakeShemp.net
"Shane Ryan has managed to surprise us with this film...a dark story that reflects the moral and material misery of some parts of the United States you can find also in Europe...the director has mastered the techniques of image...a new expressive form of cinema" -MyFilm.gr
"a cautionary...dark tale filled with gritty visuals on top of a depressing story...there’s a level of artistic proficiency here that easily elevates [Ryan] above the typical shock/exploitation directors." -Film Pulse
"Lanette's anchoring performance is heartbreakingly true...a telling title which could depressingly relate to any number of misunderstood, alienated youths kicked out onto the streets in recent years - deserves to be seen" -SexGoreMutants.co.uk
"Shane Ryan delivers a powerful outing...The Girl Who Wasn't Missing is one hell of a masterpiece...This movie may change your life. It will damn well make you look at life from a different perspective from now on...a beautifully crafted piece of cinema" -Texas Terror Entertainment
-2011 Pollygrind Film Festival (Las Vegas) *Winner, Film with The Most Heart
-2014 Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland) Shane Ryan retrospective series
-2016 Guerilla Moviemaking Awards (Online Awards Festival) *Winner, Kai Lanette - Best Actress *Winner, Kai Lanette & Shane Ryan - Best Screenplay *Honorable Mention for Best Film/Best of Fest
-2018 Romford Film Festival (London, UK) Shane Ryan retrospective series
Interviews/Features
-Shane Ryan speaks with [re]searchmytrash, Fake Shemp
Reviews
"Shane Ryan is not so much a narrative director as he is a lyrical one, relying much more on atmosphere and the emotions of his scenes than actual action - and The Girl Who Wasn't Missing looks and feels just right, always carrying the right emotions, bringing its points across beautifully, and giving heart to its grim story" -[re]searchmytrash
"It is brutal, disturbing and it grips you in a very emotional way." -Rogue Cinema
"What I like about Ryan’s directorial style is that he brings a sort of artistic beauty to the disturbing/shocking genre of indie film. Like a single flower growing in a pile of corpses, he is able to add a stimulating visual style to a tragic tale of a sad character." -The Film Philosopher
"captures this teenage girl's life without sugar coating. The camera doesn't flinch...[it] deals with some of society's hidden truths and explores the human condition in an honest and confronting way. [Ryan's] films are divisive and challenging and deserve attention...He is a director that I cannot help but admire and can't think of many other filmmakers who speak with a social conscience quite like he does." -FakeShemp.net
"Shane Ryan has managed to surprise us with this film...a dark story that reflects the moral and material misery of some parts of the United States you can find also in Europe...the director has mastered the techniques of image...a new expressive form of cinema" -MyFilm.gr
"a cautionary...dark tale filled with gritty visuals on top of a depressing story...there’s a level of artistic proficiency here that easily elevates [Ryan] above the typical shock/exploitation directors." -Film Pulse
"Lanette's anchoring performance is heartbreakingly true...a telling title which could depressingly relate to any number of misunderstood, alienated youths kicked out onto the streets in recent years - deserves to be seen" -SexGoreMutants.co.uk
"Shane Ryan delivers a powerful outing...The Girl Who Wasn't Missing is one hell of a masterpiece...This movie may change your life. It will damn well make you look at life from a different perspective from now on...a beautifully crafted piece of cinema" -Texas Terror Entertainment
