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SFFILM Festival

Palm Trees and Power Lines

Directed by Jamie Dack

USA | 110

27 Apr
Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 5:30 pm PT

Guests Expected

Director Jamie Dack is expected to attend.

Description

It’s summer in southern California and 17-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) is weary of her friends, her man-crazy mom (Gretchen Mol), and the banalities of life. When she meets charming, handsome Tom (Jonathan Tucker), twice her age, she responds to his attentive, flirtatious manner and never questions whether his intentions are less than noble or romantic. As Lea drifts further from her peers and parent and closer to the charismatic new man in her life, the realization that she may be swimming in treacherous waters begins to surface. First-time feature director Jamie Dack won the Sundance Film Festival US Dramatic directing prize for this brilliantly acted drama that depicts the thrills and dangers of adolescent sexuality with suspenseful aplomb.

Director Jamie Dack

An MFA graduate of NYU’s Graduate Film Program, Jamie Dack started out as a writer and director by making short films, including Palm Trees and Power Lines (2018), which premiered in the Cinéfondation section of the Cannes Film Festival and from which her first feature was adapted. She was selected for Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program and was a 2020 Film Independent Fast Track Fellow.

Film Details

LanguageEnglish

Year2022

Runtime110

CountryUSA

DirectorJamie Dack

ProducerLeah Chen Baker, Jamie Dack

Executive ProducerRae Swirnow, Judith Golden, Rhianon Jones

WriterJamie Dack, Audrey Findlay

EditorChristopher Radcliff

CinematographerChananun Chotrungroj

CastLily McInerny, Jonathan Tucker, Gretchen Mol

Closed CaptionsClosed captions are not available for this screening.

Audio DescriptionAudio description is not available for this screening.

American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is not currently scheduled for this event. For more information about ASL interpretation at our events, e-mail ADA@SFFilm.org.