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The Good Lie (2014)
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.
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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.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama
Written By:Margaret Nagle
In Theaters:9/10/2014
Box Office:$3,396,345
Runtime:110 minutes
Studio:Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media, Blue Sky Africa, Reliance Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment
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