Jamie Dack’s directorial feature debut “Palm Trees and Power Lines” is a revelation in the way she cinematically captures the delicate complexity and vulnerability of being a teenage girl, lost in her identity and looking for it in painful places. Many women will see themselves in the main character Lea, played by Lily McInerny in a powerhouse film debut.
Cinema Femme
PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
Directed by Jamie Dack
Written by Jamie Dack and Audrey Findlay
Starring Lily McInerny, Jonathan Tucker and Gretchen Mol
MOMENTUM WILL RELEASE “PALM TREES AND POWER LINES”
IN THEATERS AND VOD ON MARCH 3RD
4x Independent Spirit Award Nominee For
Best First Feature
Best First Screenplay
Best Breakthrough Performance
Best Supporting Performance
| Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom (Jonathan Tucker), an older man who promises an alternative to Lea’s unsatisfying adolescent life. But as things progress between them, red flags about Tom’s life begin to surface, and Lea chooses to ignore them. Under Tom’s influence, Lea begins to see her mom as unfit and her friends as a waste of her time. Isolated from those around her, Lea discovers Tom’s true intentions and finds herself in a situation that she never could have imagined. Rated: R Run Time: 110 min Language: English Country: USA |
