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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 award-winning color film. It's a Canadian-American-French co-production directed by Nicolas Gessner and written by Laird Koenig, who also wrote the 1973 novel of the same title. The film fits mostly in the genre of psychological thriller drama with romance and some horror film elements.

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A thirteen year old girl is orphaned by her Father, who dies shortly after the two moved into a little town. Keeping the death a secret and her mother already dead, she is left to live alone. She finds a friend in a boy at her age but also a threat in a man from the town who is stalking her. Without her father and only with her teenage friend she has a hard time keeping the man away. She has to make sure nobody (exept her friend) finds out that she is living alone because she has more than one secret to hide.

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It's Halloween evening in a New England seaside town but Rynn, isn't aware of this. She and her father just moved in from England two months ago. Rynn is celebrating her thirteenth birthday with a cake and candles - alone in the living room, when suddenly Frank Hallet pops in. He's the son of the landlady whom Rynns father rented the house from. Rynn says her father is upstairs working, writing. Frank is obtrusive, inappropriately touching her. But before Rynn gets to do something about it, maybe call for her father, he backs away and says it was all just fun. Just in time his stepkids arrive and he leaves to go with them for a round of trick or treat.

The next morning Rynn leaves the house and meets Frank sitting in his car. It seems as if he's been waiting for her. He opens the door to pick her up but Rynn just walks around the car and ignores him. She goes to the bank to cash some traveller checks. The clerks wonder about her age and let her sign her name twice but Rynn acts confident as if she knows the procedure.

Later home again: Cora Hallet, the landlady, drives by to pick up some apples from the garden. She enters the house, takes her jacket off and behaves generally as if she were at home, rearranging the furniture the way she wants it. Rynn is alone in the living room and the two have some talk. Mrs. Hallet ask carefully about her son and Rynn understands quickly that she knows about his preferences. Soon they both get more and more angry. Mrs. Hallet is upset about Rynns snappy answers and her selfconfident behaviour. She asks: why is Rynn not in school, where is her father? Rynn says her father, a poet, is in New York to see his publisher and she is learning at home. She is very angry about how Mrs. Hallet comes here the second time and takes the best fruits. Mrs. Hallet mentions she will talk to the school commitee about Rynn. The situation gets more tense when Mrs. Hallet wants to get her jelly glasses from the cellar. Rynn refuses to help her get them now and says she will get them later for her. She tells her more than once this was her house. Mrs. Hallet says they only rented it and finally slaps Rynn in her face. Rynn keeps her standpoint: My house! and Mrs. Hallet has to leave.

The next day: Rynn goes to the town hall to find out about the school commitee. When she comes out she meets Frank again. And he's trying to pick her up again. Rynn declines and says he can tell his mother she can get the jelly glasses now. Officer Miglioriti saves her and drives her home. It gets clear he also knows about Frank and he worries a little about Rynn being alone. Rynns says her father is home but working. When Miglioriti is gone and it has started raining Cora Hallet drives by to pick up the glasses. Unfortunatly Rynn as forgotten to also get the rubberbands from the cellar. Mrs. Hallet doesn't see the point in getting them another day. So she opens the cellar and steps down with Rynn standing helpless and almost frozen. Soon a frightened Mrs. Hallet tries to rush up again but she bruises her head badly and and cellar door falls upon her.

Rynn sits down on the floor in shock. After some time she manages to open the cellar door and sees Mrs. Hallet is dead. After some thinking she realizes the car outside. She must get rid of it and wants to drive it to the train station. But the car won't start. The sputtering sound attracts a bypasser on a bicycle. It is Mario, a teenager from town, dressed as magician and limping with a stick. He's on his way to perform magic tricks at a party. Mario recognizes the car, knows Mrs. Hallet wouldn't lend it. But he acts cool about it and is willing to help Rynn later, after his performance.

Later in the evening at Rynns house: we see Mario on the phone lying to his mother about where he is. Rynn and Mario have dinner that Rynn had prepared. He tells her how he drove the car back to the real estate office but he still kept the keys. They have some fun and get very well along. Miglioriti comes by looking after Rynn and also looking for Mrs. Hallet. He wonders that Rynns father isn't there and Mario lies the second time this evening and tells him he has seen Rynns father earlier. The father is now supposed to be sleeping. After Miglioriti left the two teens have a big laugh how they fooled everyone. But Rynn hasn't told Mario yet why this all is necessary.

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