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title: 'Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Olivia Newman'
released: '2022-07-15'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-the-crawdads-sing-2022'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9411972/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

2022 · PG-13 · 125 min · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2022 American mystery drama film based on the 2018 novel by Delia Owens. The film follows Kya, an abandoned yet defiant girl, who raises herself to adulthood in a North Carolina marshland, becoming a naturalist in the process. When the town's hotshot is found dead, she is the prime suspect and is tried for murder. Directed by Olivia Newman and written by Lucy Alibar, the film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer Jr., Jojo Regina, Garret Dillahunt, Ahna O'Reilly, and David Strathairn.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Olivia Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-newman)
- **Screenplay:** [Lucy Alibar](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-alibar), [Delia Owens](https://cinepixo.com/people/delia-owens)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mychael Danna](https://cinepixo.com/people/mychael-danna)
- **Producer:** [Reese Witherspoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/reese-witherspoon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Polly Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-morgan)
- **Editor:** [Alan Edward Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-edward-bell)

## Cast

- [Garret Dillahunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/garret-dillahunt)
- [Jayson Warner Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayson-warner-smith)
- [Harris Dickinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harris-dickinson)
- [Daisy Edgar-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisy-edgar-jones)
- [Eric Ladin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-ladin)
- [Logan Macrae](https://cinepixo.com/people/logan-macrae)
- [David Strathairn](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-strathairn)
- [Ahna O'Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahna-o-reilly)
- [Michael Hyatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hyatt)
- [Taylor John Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-john-smith)
- [Sam Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-anderson)
- [Sterling Macer Jr](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-macer-jr)

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