North Carolina, the 1960s. A small Southern town lives in doubt and possible fear over the presence of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) close by in the marshes. A recluse that few understand or care to know, the marshland is her world and she identifies with nature more so than people. Though, she does have a close friendship with Tate (Taylor John Smith), but he leaves in time. When the town’s golden boy Chase (Harris Dickinson) takes an interest in Kya and tries to tame this apparently wild animal, he ends up a corpse in the marshes. All fingers point towards Kya, but she and her lawyer Tom (David Strathairn) work to clear her name in the courtroom…
Based on the global best selling book, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING opens in Irish cinemas on July 22nd
Watch the interview with Daisy Edgar-Jones below