The Good Lie (2014)1h50
Drama
Director Philippe Falardeau (7.0 avg)
Also directed Monsieur Lazhar, My Salinger Year, Chuck, and 8 more
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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Cast
Reese Witherspoon
Corey Stoll
Arnold Oceng
Ger Duany
Thad Luckinbill
Afemo Omilami
Sarah Baker
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