The Good Lie Page #4

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
1,693 Views


That's a good idea.

I'll call Frank, you call Nick.

Done. All right. Thanks, guys.

You have a very beautiful village.

- Thank you. It was my father's.

- Your father was a chief?

I guess some people

would have called him that.

My father was a chief too.

May we visit with your cow?

- Be my guest.

- Are there any dangerous animals...

- ...of which we should be warned?

- Such as?

Lions.

No. There's no lions here. You're safe.

Thank you.

Man, I wish they wouldn't do that.

What's their story anyway?

I'm not sure.

They seem pretty traumatized.

When I dropped them off

the other night I said goodbye...

they looked at me

like they were never gonna see me again.

You can't get involved in their problems.

We'll just end up in a lawsuit or something.

Yeah.

Not much has changed around here.

I've been meaning to paint the porch.

I should probably get them back.

It's getting late.

- Yeah, sure.

- Thanks.

This probably seems

overwhelming at first...

but I promise you in no time

you'll get the hang of it.

You'll kind of have to in this section because

people can never find their cereal...

even when it's right in front of them.

So memorize the names

and where all the different boxes go.

And some of these brands

have up to 12 different flavors.

It's a lot, but you'll get it.

Do you guys have any questions?

You don't say a whole lot.

Okay. You're shy. That's cool.

Follow me this way.

Where are you guys from anyway?

- Sudan.

- Hmm.

So this is the dog food section,

and you have to restock it...

all the time,

and the bags can be really heavy.

Food for dogs?

Mike? Jerry?

Mike! Jerry!

Grab these couple of carts.

Push them out back with me.

Roll them down right here.

Okay.

This is where you throw the old food so you

can restock the shelves with the new food.

Old food?

When the food expires,

it's not safe to eat.

Plus it's a big headache with the health

department. Believe me, it's better this way.

Isn't there someone

who might want or need this food?

I don't sell the food inside the store

to give it away outside. I'm a businessman.

Anyway, it's none of your concern.

Now today we're working on a hand

shower with multiple spray settings.

Just got a big order from a hotel chain.

All right, training table's this way.

Let's get you a little practice.

This is the faucet assembly.

Look at all the different parts, okay?

Go ahead. Hold it in your hand,

familiarize yourself with everything.

Every part here is made and assembled

in the U.S. Something we're very proud of.

Holy cow.

It work like this?

Yeah. You bet.

Let us pray.

Dear God, let us give thanks

to this miracle food, pizza...

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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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