The Good Lie

The Good Lie

2014 · 110 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.4 (459 votes)
Dir. Philippe Falardeau · Starring Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Thad Luckinbill, Afemo Omilami · Music Martin Léon

Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.

Drama

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

VIBE

A profound and moving journey of survival and adaptation. It's a story that balances immense hardship with the enduring strength of the human spirit, offering moments of both deep sorrow and profound hope.

heartbreakingupliftingsomberhopefulsteadysocial realismcharacter-driven dramaempathetic filmmakingtraumaresiliencefamilycultural clashidentity
refugeekansasusasudanese
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