Top of the Lake: China Girl is a crime mystery story that finds Detective Robin Griffin recently returned to Sydney and trying to rebuild her life. When the body of an Asian girl washes up on Bondi Beach, there appears little hope of finding the killer, until Robin realises "China Girl didnt die alone. Robin looks to the investigation to restore herself, but her problems are personal. Haunted by a daughter given up at birth, Robin desperately wants to find her, yet dreads revealing the truth of her conception. But her search to discover China Girls identity will take her into the citys darkest recesses and closer than she could have imagined to the secrets of her own heart.
Written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee
Directed by Jane Campion and Ariel Kleiman
Starts on BBC Two from Thursday 27 July at 9pm. The full series will be available on BBC iPlayer from 10pm on Thursday 27 July.
Also airs on:
BBC First on August 20 (Australia)
Sundance TV/Hulu in September (USA)
CBC in Fall 2017 (Canada)
ARTE in 2017 (France)
SVT in ??? (Sweden)
Cast:
Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin
Nicole Kidman as Julia Edwards
Gwendoline Christie as Miranda Hilmarson
Videos:
Trailer
Elisabeth Moss: Getting into 'Top of the Lake' Character "Like an Old Pair of Jeans" | Cannes 2017 | THR
Reviews:
The Guardian: Top of the Lake: this singular drama is still gloriously weird
THR: "With its sharp writing, superior cast, evocative locations, seductively seamy subject matter and delicious performances, Top of the Lake is decidedly back in a major way."
Indiewire: "Top of the Lake: China Girl is as beautiful and soul-stirring as anything youll see on any kind of screen this year." (A)
Articles:
Vanity Fair: How Top of the Lake: China Girl United TVs Greatest Female Badasses
The Guardian: Jane Campion: The clever people used to do film. Now they do TV
The Guardian: 'Go deeper, go darker': on location with the stars of Top of the Lake
Radio Times: Top of the Lakes Elisabeth Moss and Jane Campion on the gender war that brought them together
The Independent: Gwendoline Christie on Top of the Lake: 'Jane Campion had been dreaming about me and wrote me a part'