The Good Lie
Drama
Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
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.
2014-09-10
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Cast
Director
Philippe Falardeau
Reese Witherspoon as Carrie Davis
Corey Stoll as Jack
Arnold Oceng as Mamere
Ger Duany as Jeremiah
Thad Luckinbill as Matt
Afemo Omilami as Dr. Monyang
Sarah Baker as Pamela Lowi
Joshua Mikel as Dave
Mike Pniewski as Nick Costas
Lindsey Garrett as Jenny
Maria Howell as INS Agent
Michael H. Cole as Reverend Trutner
Brian Kurlander as Frank
Vince Pisani as INS Boston
Kimberly Banta as INS Kansas City
Sharon Conley as Erin Sullivan
Kenny Alfonso as Police Officer
Victor McCay as Reed
Israel Makoe as Bracelet Soldier
Nathaniel Ramabulana as U.N. Worker
Sope Aluko as Processing Office Woman
Suehyla El-Attar Young as Immigration Official
Abena Ayivor as Immigration Official #2
Lele Ledwaba as Food Worker
Cara Mantella as Becky
Richard Saxton as Professor (uncredited)
Ravi Naidu as Professor (uncredited)