White Lie (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: Canada
Alternative Title: Mensonge blanc, Mentira nada inocente
Director: Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis
Writer: Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Calvin Thomas, Karen Harnisch, Katie Bird Nolan, Lindsay Tapscott, Yonah Lewis
Executive Producer: Christina Piovesan, Greg Stewart, Jonathan Pottins, Sumit Ajwani
Companies: Babe Nation Films, Film Forge Productions, Lisa Pictures
Genre: Drama
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: cancer
Story
Katie Arneson, a dance major at university, has been faking a cancer diagnosis to gain sympathy and create a supportive community around her. Her deception has made her a campus celebrity with a close-knit group of friends and a caring girlfriend. However, her ruse is threatened when the bursary she's dependent on for maintaining her charade requires copies of her medical records within a week.
Summary
White Lie is a Canadian drama that explores the consequences of deceit and the lengths one will go to feel accepted. The film follows Katie Arneson, who fabricates a cancer diagnosis to cultivate a supportive community around her at university. Her lie spirals out of control when she faces the prospect of exposure due to an impending deadline for providing medical records.
