The Good Lie
~Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
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.
Genres
- Drama
General Information
Release Date: 2014-09-10
Budget: $20000000
Revenue: $3396345
Runtime: 110 min
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