Story of a Girl | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr |
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Directed by | Kyra Sedgwick |
Starring | |
Music by | Travis Bacon |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Ross Katz |
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Cinematography | Alar Kivilo |
Editor | Sabine Hoffman |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Random Bench Productions |
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Network | Lifetime |
Release | July 23, 2017 |
Story of a Girl is a 2017 American drama television film directed by Kyra Sedgwick and written by Laurie Collyer and Emily Bickford Lansbury, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Sara Zarr. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jon Tenney, Ryann Shane, Sosie Bacon and Tyler Johnston. [1] It aired on July 23, 2017, in the United States on the Lifetime network. [2]
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