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A 12-year-old girl is found chest deep in the freezing waters of a South Island lake. She’s five months pregnant and when asked who the father is she insists: “No one”. Then she disappears. Detective Robin Griffin’s obsessive search for Tui unravels both Robin and the compromised town of Laketop.

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Top of the Lake

Series listing
Top of the Lake series 1 series
Top of the Lake: China Girl series 2 2017
Director
Jane Campion  Garth Davis
Writers
Jane Campion  Gerard Lee
Producer
Philippa Campbell
Executive Producers
Jane Campion  Iain Canning  Emile Sherman
Dir. of Photography
Adam Arkapaw
Cast
Elizabeth Moss - Peter Mullan - Holly Hunter - David Wenham
Production Completion
2012
Genre
Drama
Production Company
See-Saw Films Pty Ltd
International Sales
BBC Worldwide

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