Where the Crawdads Sing is based on Delia Owens 1# best selling novel of the same name.
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
Directed by Olivia Newman
Screenplay by Lucy Alibar
Based on Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
Produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter
Starring
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Taylor John Smith
Harris Dickinson
Michael Hyatt
Sterling Macer Jr.
David Strathairn
Where the Crawdads Sing is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 15, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing.
