Writer/director India Donaldson garnered much acclaim at this year's Sundance Film
Festival for her feature debut Good One. The film stars Lily Collias as Sam, a 17-year-old who joins her
father (James Le Gros) and his friend (Danny McCarthy) on a
camping trip before she departs for college. The trip grows increasingly
tense as Sam finds herself an outsider in this male dynamic.
Good One is in US cinemas from August 9th. A UK/ROI release
has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
In India Donaldson’s insightful, piercing debut, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise beyond her years, attempts to mediate. But when lines are crossed and Sam’s trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch, as Sam struggles with her dad’s emotional limitations and experiences the universal moment when the parental bond is tested. Selected in both Sundance and Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, Good One is an emotionally expansive work that probes the limits of familial trust, understanding, and ultimately, forgiveness.
