A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age in this Sundance award winner. She sees...
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age in this Sundance award winner. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer aimlessly tanning with her best friend, tiptoeing around her fragile mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony is disrupted by an encounter with Tom, a man twice her age, who promises an alternative to Lea’s unsatisfying adolescent life.
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Chillingly realistic
Quietly riveting and deeply upsetting, Jamie Dack’s directorial debut goes to far darker places than most would dare, with an unsparing, chillingly realistic approach. Neither sexually explicit nor graphically violent, Palm Trees and Power Lines depicts a banal and somehow more brutal horror; the final moments took my breath away.
90 %77 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
76 %58 reviewsAudience score rating
"A character study that’s anchored by a moving breakthrough performance from Lily McInerny..."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"A remarkably sharp-eyed and bruising debut..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"While many of the film’s beats are predictable, that often speaks to the discomfiting universality of the story at hand."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"The creepy sound design, unblinking camerawork and minimalist scoring work in sync to bathe you in the discomfort of Lea’s experiences."
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Time Out
Time Out"(Tucker's) performance is multi-layered."
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Variety
Variety"A subtle and distressing portrayal of predation."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterPalm Trees and Power Lines | Details
Award winner- Directing Award (US Dramatic), Sundance 2022
- Rating
- MA15+, Strong themes of abuse and sexual violence
- Runtime
- 114
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
