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ONTARIO, Canada | 97 minutes | 2019

A white lie, in theory, is only a half-lie, a statement that neglects part of the truth with no real intention to cause harm. When Katie parades her pale skin and shaved head through the halls of her university, organizing fundraisers to help her beat an aggressive form of cancer, she’s not being entirely honest. Once confronted, she’s soon dragged into an increasingly dangerous spiral. The two Toronto directors deliver a sophisticated thriller, seemingly ripped from the headlines in an age when our lives are scripted on social media.

Toronto Film Festival

Programs

Tuesday October 15, 2019

Program #158
18:40
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 14

Friday October 18, 2019

Program #206
19:30
Cinéma du Parc 3

Calvin Thomas

No biography

Amy George (2011)
The Oxbow Cure (2013)
Spice It Up (2018)
White Lie (2019)

Yonah Lewis

No biography

Amy George (2011)
The Oxbow Cure (2013)
Spice It Up (2018)
White Lie (2019)

distribution and credits

  • Camera Christopher Lew
  • Editing Lev Lewis
  • Screenplay Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
  • Producer Katie Bird Nolan, Karen Harnisch, Yonah Lewis, Lindsay Tapscott, Calvin Thomas
  • Cast Amber Anderson, Martin Donovan, Kacey Rohl
  • Composer Lev Lewis

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