The Good Lie (2014)
Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
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.
- Date of release
- 2014-09-10
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (630)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Philippe Falardeau
Casting
- Reese Witherspoon — Carrie Davis
- Corey Stoll — Jack
- Arnold Oceng — Mamere
- Ger Duany — Jeremiah
- Thad Luckinbill — Matt
- Afemo Omilami — Dr. Monyang
- Sarah Baker — Pamela Lowi
- Joshua Mikel — Dave
- Mike Pniewski — Nick Costas
- Lindsey Garrett — Jenny
- Emmanuel Jal — Paul
- Kuoth Wiel — Abital
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