The Good Lie

The Good Lie is the story of “The Lost Boys” who were orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan, which began in 1983. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys, as well as girls, to America. Upon arriving in Kansas, they are met by Carrie Davis (Witherspoon), an employment agency counselor who has been enlisted to help find them jobs—no easy task, when things like light switches and telephones are brand new to them. Although Carrie has successfully kept herself from any emotional entanglements, these refugees, who desperately require help navigating the 21st century and rebuilding their shattered lives, need just that. So Carrie embarks on her own unchartered territory, enlisting the help of her boss, Jack (Stoll).