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India Donaldson

Good One

Director India Donaldson Composer Celia Hollander Cast Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal, Valentine Black
Edition 2024
90' - 2024 - Drama - Format: DCP - Dialogue: English
A multi-day hike doesn't go as planned for seventeen-year-old Sam (Lily Collias in a breakout role). Adolescent character study Good One thoughtfully observes how the teenager in turn thoughtfully observes her oversharing travel companions. India Donaldson's finely tuned feature debut - truly a "good one" - provides no fodder for bland comedy, but rather food for thought.
A teenage girl ends up alone with her father and his old mate on a three-day camping trip. Worse, the two middle-aged divorced men constantly cry out about their failures, shortcomings and disappointments. Moreover, their personalities clash, as one is over-organised and the other is just an inept funnyman. It's an awkward trip for seventeen-year-old Sam. Despite its premise and title, Good One isn't a joke in any way, but rather a delicate portrait of a young woman on the threshold of adulthood, caught between male egos and her role as a good daughter. Between the lines of dialogue quietly speaks a strong sense of unease. This feature-length debut by American screenwriter, director and producer India Donaldson is made with few resources, but with all the more care, heralding her breakthrough and the one of lead actor Lily Collias.

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Credits

Directors

India Donaldson

Composers

Celia Hollander

Cast

Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal, Valentine Black

Scenario

India Donaldson

Director of Photography

Wilson Cameron

Editors

Graham Mason

Producers

Wilson Cameron

Production studios

Smudge Films, International Pigeon Production, Tinygiant

Distributor

Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie

More info

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United States of America

Year

2024

Filmography

India Donaldson
Medusa (short 2018), Hannahs (short 2019), If Found (short 2021), Good one (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP