Four Sudanese children are orphaned after their village is massacred in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Consequently, they make an arduous and dangerous trek through the plains, enduring hardship, death and sacrifice all the way until they reach safety in a refugee camp in Kenya. Years later, these youths are among 3600 selected for resettlement in America, only to have the one girl among them sent to Boston, while the three boys must to make a new life in Kansas City. Together, these young men must adjust to an alien culture even as the emotional baggage of their past haunts them. However, these newcomers, and their new friends like employment counselor Carrie Davis, strive to understand each other in this new home, as they make peace with their histories in a challenge that will change all their lives.
Synopsis by IMDb
The Good Lie (2014)
Dutch
'The Good Lie' vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van een jonge
vluchteling uit de Soedanese burgeroorlog. Samen met drie lotgenoten
gaat hij naar de VS, waar hij een nieuw bestaan hoopt op te bouwen.
Ze ontwikkelen een bijzondere vriendschap met hun maatschappelijk
werkster.
English
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal
Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as
many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years
later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3600 lost boys and girls to
America. In "The Good Lie," Philippe Falardeau, (writer and director of
the Oscar(R)- nominated Foreign Language film "Monsieur Lazhar") brings
the story of their survival and triumph to life.
Post Information
Source............: The.Good.Lie.2014.LIMITED.1080p.BluRay.x264
Formaat...........: DVD5
Video.............: PAL / 16:9
Audio.............: Dolby Digital 5.1
Genre.............: Drama
Subs..............: Dutch
Menu..............: Yes
Publication.Year..: 2014
Cover.&.label.....: Yes
Audio.............: English
RunningTime.......: 110 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2652092/
http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/100183
