Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story is a gripping story that reveals certain truths about the underground sex industry in Los Angeles. This powerful and riveting film was just released on Amazon Prime. The narrative reveals an up-close and personal look into the lives of two young women, one a runaway and the other a single mom as they navigate their way through the unforgiving and often brutal world of the sex trade in Los Angeles.
My Review and Thoughts:
This was a HARD movie to watch. I have two young girls, eleven and eight. And to think that whom ever I bring into their lives, could have this influence over them! I keep in touch with two girls, now, young women with their own children, whom I used to babysit. But I could never groom them the way that this woman did to these girls. It's honestly crazy that in this movie, it was all about the money. The acting in this movie was good, but, scary and sad that this really happens to young girls, single moms, and women of all ages.
Be careful who you let into yours and your children's lives. Because you truly have no idea who they really are. I am grateful that I was twelve years old at least before I started babysitting for families. There was only one dad who creeped me out. Not long into them hiring me to watch their children, and the parents separated.
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CAST:
MOXIE OWENS | HOPE
PSALMS SALAZAR | BABY GIRL
CODY RENEE CAMERON | PAIGE
SERENA MAFFUCCI | DESTINY
LEAH SCHAEFER | ANGEL
ELIZABETH LAMBOY-WILSON | LUPE
EMILY CHEREE | BRIDGETTE
DOMINIQUE SWAIN | BETH
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EDITOR: ROBIN BAIN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: MARC CLEBANOFF & JOHN SWON
SYNOPSIS: Feeling invisible in the eyes of her father and his pregnant girlfriend (Dominique Swain), teenager, Hope (Moxie Owens), sparks an illicit online relationship with her former childhood babysitter, Paige (Cody Renee Cameron). Seducing Hope with ideas of becoming an actress and a model, Paige lures Hope from her small-town to the bright lights of the big city...
Los Angeles. Hopping off the bus in Hollywood, Hope is naive to what predatory danger might linger in the shadows.
While just off the beaten path, a sexy woman, Baby Girl (Psalms Salazar) walks Hollywood Boulevard soliciting potential “clients” in a desperate attempt to raise money to make her rent and feed her child after having been fired from her job as a dancer at a strip club.
The women's lives collide when Paige (Cameron) and her girlfriend, Destiny (Serena Maffucci aka Brooke Haven), both career escorts, decide to raise the stakes and act as madams. They manipulate innocent Hope into believing that working as an escort is a "right of passage" into becoming an actress. They then lure Baby Girl in with the promise of hard cash, without filling her in on the salacious details of each and every "job.”
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Shot on location on the streets of Hollywood, Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story is a character study surrounding four women involved in the sex industry. The film explores the social, cultural and economic plights of these women as they struggle to survive in an unforgiving world. Far away from the perceived glamour of Beverly Hills, the film captures the darkest and most despairing elements of the city and the journey of the characters. -- Robin Bain, Writer/Director/Producer/Editor
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