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The Good Lie

2014·1h 50m·PG-13·Drama
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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.

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DirectorPhilippe Falardeau
WriterMargaret Nagle
Release dateSeptember 10, 2014
Runtime1h 50m
Budget$20M
Box office$3M
LanguageEnglish

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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...

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The Good Lie was directed by Philippe Falardeau and released in 2014. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll and Arnold Oceng.

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