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

A still from Palm Trees and Power Lines, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
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

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