The story follows Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), a young American single mother who has just moved to London with her brother, Steven (Keir Dullea). After dropping her four-year-old daughter, Bunny, off for her first day at a new nursery school, Ann returns to find the child has vanished.
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), directed by Otto Preminger, is a strikingly atmospheric and unconventional psychological thriller that explores themes of gaslighting and social isolation in 1960s "Swinging London". While initially a commercial failure, it has since been reevaluated as a "masterpiece" of Preminger’s late career. subtitle Bunny Lake Is Missing
The mystery quickly deepens when neither the school staff nor the police can find any evidence that Bunny ever existed—no enrollment records, no photographs, and no witnesses. As Superintendent Newhouse (Laurence Olivier) investigates, the focus shifts from a missing-person case to a harrowing character study of whether Bunny is real or a figment of Ann's imagination. Bunny Lake Is Missing - Rotten Tomatoes The story follows Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), a