Palm Trees and Power Lines
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.
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
PremiereCalifornia
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
Print SourceNorth American Sales- ICMjessica.lacy@icmpartners.com;kristen.konvitz@icmpartners.comWorld Sales- Film Constellationfabien@filmconstellation.com;edward@filmconstellation.com
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.
