Palm Trees and Power Lines

Palm Trees and Power Lines

2023 · 111 min · EN · R · 6.3 (71 votes)
Dir. Jamie Dack · Starring Lily McInerny, Jonathan Tucker, Gretchen Mol, Auden Thornton, Armani Jackson, Quinn Frankel
DramaRomance

Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom, a seductive man twice her age who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life.

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This film feels like a quiet, unsettling drift into a young woman's fragile world. It's a slow, introspective journey marked by vulnerability and a creeping sense of unease, exploring the painful transition from innocence to disillusionment.

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