Release Date
March 3, 2023 (Limited)
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Running Time
110 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for disturbing material, sexual violence, sexual content, drug/alcohol use, and language - all involving teens
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... Full synopsis »
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A teenage girl meets an older man and he methodically grooms her to do not-so-good things in the quietly powerful Palm Trees and Power Lines, a mesmerizing feature length debut for director Jamie Dack and a troubling tale that establishes how quickly things can spiral out of control.
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