| Genre: | Social problem film Crime drama |
| Director: | Elisabeth Röhm |
| Starring: | Anne Heche Larissa Dias Max Montesi Matt Hamilton |
| Music: | Mario Vaira |
| Country: | United States, Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Executive Producer: | Stacy Mandelberg Timothy O. Johnson Yvonne Chotzen |
| Producer: | Navid Soofi |
| Editor: | Devin Taylor |
| Cinematography: | Andy Hodgson |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Company: | Johnson Production Group Motel Productions Inc. |
| Network: | Lifetime Television |
Girl in Room 13 is a television movie that premiered on Lifetime on September 17, 2022. Part of Lifetime's Ripped from the Headlines series of movies, it is about human trafficking and opioid addiction. The film stars Anne Heche, who completed production prior to her death. Heche appears in the film posthumously at the time of broadcast.[1] The film is dedicated to her memory.
The film has played a role in conspiracy theories that arose after Heche's accidental death, falsely claiming that the film was about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring and that Heche's car accident was actually an assassination by figures involved in the trafficking ring who wanted to silence Heche.[2] [3] Skeptics point to her apparent attempts to fight off firefighters while being wheeled into an ambulance as evidence that her car was remotely hijacked and crashed in order to silence her for helping shine the spotlight on pedophiles in positions of power, who may have been part of Epstein's sealed client list.
While recovering from a swimming injury, Grace (Larissa Dias) becomes addicted to opioids, and begins obtaining them illegally. She is ready to end her addiction with the help of her mother, Janie (Anne Heche), but is kidnapped by her drug dealer ex-boyfriend Richie (Max Montesi), who holds her prisoner in a motel room (numbered Room 13) to break her down and sell her into human trafficking. The story centers on Janie's search for her missing daughter and her fights with the police to get them to take the case seriously.[4] [3] [5] [6]
Cast with named characters, in credits order:[4]