Warner Bros. and Alcon have released the first trailer for Reese Witherspoon‘s drama “The Good Lie.”
Inspired by true events, “The Good Lie” follows a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman (Witherspoon) assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
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Philippe Falardeau directed the movie, which co-stars Corey Stoll (“House of Cards”) and Sarah Baker (“Louie”).
For a glimpse at this moving story, watch the trailer below.