The Good Lie Page #2

Synopsis: Four Sudanese children are orphaned after their village is massacred in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Consequently, they make an arduous and dangerous trek through the plains, enduring hardship, death and sacrifice all the way until they reach safety in a refugee camp in Kenya. Years later, these youths are among 3600 selected for resettlement in America, only to have the one girl among them sent to Boston, while the three boys must to make a new life in Kansas City. Together, these young men must adjust to an alien culture even as the emotional baggage of their past haunts them. However, these newcomers, and their new friends like employment counselor Carrie Davis, strive to understand each other in this new home, as they make peace with their histories in a challenge that will change all their lives.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Philippe Falardeau
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2014
110 min
Website
1,671 Views


If you do not have a husband, then it

is your children who provide for you?

No. I don't have any children.

I'm not married.

I provide for myself.

Your survival skills are very impressive.

- Thanks.

- Mm...

- My brother's going to be sick.

- Uh-oh. Oh, no.

There's no way I can do that by Friday.

No. I'm just not a miracle worker, Tom.

I'll call him when I get

back in the office.

- She's talking alone.

- I gotta go.

- He all right?

- He has a weak stomach.

Excuse me. What is that?

That's McDonald's.

It's a place to eat.

When was the last time

you guys ate anything?

Okay. Here it is.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Are you guys just gonna stand there?

- Hello?

- Yeah!

- Hi.

- Hello! Hello! You got here.

Thank heavens. So sorry about the mix-up.

Well, I'm Pamela Lowi, your volunteer with Faith

Based Charities, your resettlement agency.

I'm gonna take it from here,

but thank you so, so much.

- No problem. I'll see you later.

- All right.

- Excuse me?

- Yeah.

You make our hearts throb

for your many kind assists today.

- Would you be so kind to tell us your name?

- Oh, sorry. Didn't I?

My name's Carrie Davis.

I'll call you tomorrow morning

and we'll start the job hunt.

May you find a husband

to fill your empty house.

I'll work on that.

We have a lot to cover.

This is your fridge.

You got your cabinets up here,

your stove top.

And I made you this.

Okey-doke. Follow me.

This is your bedroom.

Cozy, huh? These bunk beds

were just donated to my church...

so I snagged them for you.

They should do the trick.

See this?

If you flip it up, the light comes on.

Isn't that great?

There's one of these in every room.

Pamela, we have a sister,

and she has been separated from us.

Yes, right, your sister.

I'm so sorry. No family here wanted her.

Switching the paperwork is near impossible,

but I'm sure she's with good people.

Now, this is called a living room.

And this light, you've gotta turn on

and off with this turny kind of thing.

- See?

- What I meant to say was...

- ...she needs to be here with us.

- Yes, we want her here.

It wouldn't be proper.

Besides, where would you put her

in this tiny place?

Is there someone of authority

on these matters I can speak with?

There's just no getting around it. Sorry.

Let's go to the bathroom next.

This is your only bathroom.

I did go ahead and get you some bathmats...

It's very comfortable, no?

It must be an alarm.

Maybe.

Mamere! Jeremiah! Open the door!

You are here.

Why didn't you answer the phone?

I've been calling you.

For job hunt? We waited by the window,

but we did not hear your call.

No, I called you on this.

This is a telephone.

Do you know what a telephone is?

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Margaret Nagle

Margaret Nagle (born January 12, 1969) is a screenwriter, television producer and human rights activist. She has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and won three Writers Guild of America Awards. Her first script, HBO's Warm Springs received a record-breaking 16 Emmy nominations and won five Emmys in 2005, including the Emmy Award for Best Television Movie. It also won the 2006 Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form Original Screenplay. Her screenplay for the 2014 film "The Good Lie" received The Paul Selvin Award from the Writer's Guild of America. Nagle also received a 2011 Writer's Guild Award for her work on Boardwalk Empire. She received the 2014 Media Access Award from the Writers Guild of America for "doubling the number" of people on network TV with disabilities. Nagle has been raising money for Humanitarian Aid for South Sudan by appearing at screenings of The Good Lie on behalf of Concern, UNICEF, RefugePoint and other organizations. more…

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