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In addition to her work in wild, earlier this year, she starred in yet another film based on a true story called the good lie, which focused on the orphaned sudanese children from south africa, known as the lost boys, who came to america to start over and have a chance at a good life. Dec 24, 2014 the good lie 2014, ger duony, emmanuel jal, kuoth wiel set in sudan and the united states, director philippe falardeaus the good lie follows the journey of sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in america, away from civil war in their home country. It was screened in the special presentations section of the 2014 toronto international film festival before being released on october 3, 2014. Aug 26, 2014 the good lie soundtrack list 2014 complete tracklist, movie score details, the entire ost playlist, all songs played in the movie and in the trailer and who sings them. The good lie full movie 2014 watch online stream hd. The good lie sacrifices reallife nuance in order to turn its true story into a hollywood production, but the results still add up to a compelling, wellacted, and deeply moving drama. After his mother is tragically killed, a privileged young man discovers that he was the product of a vicious rape, and so he sets out to track down his sinister biological father.
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