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Palm Trees and Power Lines

2023 · 111 min

A quietly unsettling slow-burn that immerses you in a teenager's loneliness and the subtle, escalating manipulation of a predatory relationship.

Overview: Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted by a chance encounter with Tom, a seductive man twice her age who promises an alternative to Lea's unsatisfying adolescent life.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, isolation, identity, betrayal
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
isolation
identity
betrayal
trauma
Places: suburbs
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong