Movie
The Good Lie
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-09-10
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media, Blue Sky Africa, Reliance Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment
- Country
- India, Kenya, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Carrie Davis
- Corey Stoll as Jack
- Arnold Oceng as Mamere
- Ger Duany as Jeremiah
- Thad Luckinbill as Matt
- Afemo Omilami as Dr. Monyang
- Sarah Baker as Pamela Lowi
- Joshua Mikel as Dave
- Mike Pniewski as Nick Costas
- Lindsey Garrett as Jenny
- Emmanuel Jal as Paul
- Kuoth Wiel as Abital
Crew
- Philippe Falardeau - Director
- Margaret Nagle - Screenplay
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