Palm Trees & Power Lines
A brave query into the notion of consent [with] a gut-wrenching parting note that feels like a scream stuck in one's throat.
Palm Trees & Power Lines
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.
Genre
Drama,
Women and Film
Web Site
Runtime
110
Language
English
Director
Jamie Dack
Writer(s)
Jamie Dack,
Audrey Findlay
Cast
Lily McInerny,
Gretchen Mol,
Emily Jackson,
Jonathan Tucker
Awards:
Nominee, Best First Screenplay, Spirit Awards
Nominee, Best Supporting Performance, Spirit Awards
Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance, Spirit Awards
Nominee, Best First Feature, Spirit Awards
Winner, Directing Award ~ Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter
'Palm Trees and Power Lines,' Jamie Dack’s subtle debut about the relationship between a teenage girl and a man twice her age, operates in whispers and suggestions. Fleeting glances, nearly undetectable changes in body language, a haunting shift in tone and deliberate silences come together to form ...
Played at
NoHo 7 3.03.23 - 3.09.23
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