The Good Lie (2014) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Philippe Falardeau · Starring Corey Stoll, Reese Witherspoon
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Where was The Good Lie filmed?
- Boston, United States, Boston – Mamere and other refugees arrive in Boston and navigate the city while adjusting to American life. Boston serves as the primary setting where the Sudanese refugees resettle and begin their new lives in America
- Massachusetts, United States, Boston – Residential areas where the refugee family is resettled and finds housing. Watertown and surrounding suburban areas were used to depict the refugee resettlement communities
- Kenya, Kakuma – Flashback sequences showing the refugees' experience in the Kenyan refugee camp before resettlement. The actual Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya was used to authentically depict the harsh conditions the refugees experienced before coming to America
- Boston, United States, Boston – Refugees explore and experience American public spaces and landmarks. Boston's iconic parks provide scenes of cultural adjustment and the contrast between African refugee camp life and American urban environments