PALM TREES AND POWER LINES - Official Trailer

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2023
  • A disconnected teenage girl falls into a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
    In Theaters and On Demand March 3
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  • @jmaharisi
    @jmaharisi Рік тому +74

    I loved this and loved how easily it all unfolded. Some critics said it lacked something - whether it was Lea’s personality or inner world - but I think any more character development would’ve been unnatural, unrealistic. These critics seem to have forgotten has small one’s world is when they’re only 17.

    • @Verbsdescribeus
      @Verbsdescribeus 4 місяці тому +1

      it lacked the depth of the characters... she has her phone with her while waiting for the rapist but she does not call for help and then she returns to her predator...so unrealistic!

    • @jayla.5062
      @jayla.5062 4 дні тому

      @@Verbsdescribeus i actually think that part was quite realistic for a teenage girl in her position lol

  • @ashleyk408
    @ashleyk408 Рік тому +170

    This looks like it will be a powerful and impactful movie depicting what grooming and emotional abuse looks like. More people should be aware of this type of domestic abuse and how it manifests.

    • @moviefan700
      @moviefan700 Рік тому +6

      the reviews have been great

    • @cartergomez5390
      @cartergomez5390 Рік тому +14

      Yeah, she shouldn't be out at night and shouldn't let anyone know that nobody cares where she's at because human traffickers look for vulnerable victims.

    • @lukasribin4168
      @lukasribin4168 Рік тому +1

      Looks like repetitive garbage

    • @planetclownfishbrain7052
      @planetclownfishbrain7052 Рік тому

      Just a girl following her true womanly nature and embracing whoredom. Most bishes pretend they're virtuous and pure while banging the entire band, then kissing their husbands after.

    • @jadegreen1554
      @jadegreen1554 4 місяці тому +1

      @@cartergomez5390you’re blaming the victim. No one I to blame for grooming or assault but the criminal predator. PERIOD.

  • @echolot
    @echolot 7 місяців тому +15

    Jonathan Tucker has always been an underrated actor.

    • @IhaytFukkingsocialmedia
      @IhaytFukkingsocialmedia 4 місяці тому +1

      why is this same comment on every independent movie trailer vid lol "x actor is such an underrated actor" lol

  • @sky19804
    @sky19804 Рік тому +60

    Finally a movie about grooming that isn't glamorizing it.

  • @rrdbot
    @rrdbot Рік тому +21

    This looks so well done. It reminds me of Joyce Carol Oatest "Where are you going, Where have you been?" Relentless and slow burning and ultimately horrific for a reason.

  • @thorenjohn
    @thorenjohn Рік тому +43

    Nicely done. Even the preview gave me the creeps, but the acting looks great.

  • @mr.wigglemunch3856
    @mr.wigglemunch3856 Рік тому +9

    SPOILER ALERT
    I felt so sorry for Lea. The acting was so good it left me f***ed up 😢😢

  • @delrey874
    @delrey874 Рік тому +14

    I think the film was pretty good. The character development was a bit lacking and the film doesn't go that deep, but I think it did a good job of raising the issue of grooming.
    It's a slow burn, but it's worth watching.

  • @MC-rq9bd
    @MC-rq9bd Рік тому +22

    Great movie, superbly acted. The two main characters are just perfect.

  • @ca2082
    @ca2082 Рік тому +47

    What I appreciate about this trailer is that it isn't glamorizing it. This whole thing makes me so uncomfortable because the age difference is palatable and the gaze/POV between the girl and the man is clear that he is taking advantage and she is vulnerable.

    • @haroldgarling1063
      @haroldgarling1063 Рік тому +5

      This whole time I thought they were cute together

    • @adamgarner4149
      @adamgarner4149 Рік тому

      Yeah it's not about the age difference. It's about how she was naive thinking he loved her. She let a loser her own age cum inside at start of the movie, so it's not about her being innocent or taken advantage of sexually, like sheep Karen's and feminists will pretend. It's about the emotional abuse of being misled. Great acted movie though.

    • @naimahq8739
      @naimahq8739 Рік тому +4

      Keen observation! 👏🏽 Totally! He’s shot from under from the scene of him getting up and winking at her to him driving, camera angles is slightly lower than eye line. It’s the opposite with her, cameras pointing slightly downward. She’s small. He’s big and powerful.

  • @lilmilontiktok
    @lilmilontiktok Рік тому +22

    1:43 PERFECT way of describing it.

    • @BL3SSed-Bliss
      @BL3SSed-Bliss Рік тому +1

      "Run[ning] away"? 🤔

    • @whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      @whosebuilderandmakerisgod Рік тому +2

      “A scream stuck in my throat.” I felt that during the trailer. Even more during the movie.

    • @BL3SSed-Bliss
      @BL3SSed-Bliss Рік тому +1

      @@whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      Ahh, okay I see. That's not present when you click the timestamp so OP's confusing.
      One especially feels that in the end, in the final moments of the film. The last scenes leading up to, but especially with the last four words in the film.

  • @xro1983
    @xro1983 Рік тому +8

    This movie really pissed me off. The way Tom let’s Leah come to him and doesn’t chase her at all is pretty realistic. To see a kid get exploited and taken advantage of is infuriating.

  • @Ash-sk7ip
    @Ash-sk7ip 6 місяців тому +2

    This movie reminded me of myself at 16. I ran away with a 27 year old and it was the most fucked up situation. He went to jail for something and I met my husband. If that didn't happen who knows how my life would have turned out. Scary!

  • @MackenzieStith
    @MackenzieStith 4 місяці тому +3

    extremely slow, very raw and real. great acting all around. there is a hue of darkness in the coloring of the film which makes it extremely depressing. ending made me want to scream but thats the reality of grooming, they go back to their abusers

    • @tigrispanthera5496
      @tigrispanthera5496 3 місяці тому +1

      so at the end, do you think she’s gonna meet up with him? sorry i wasn’t able to watch the last scene fully

  • @juliosantillan1468
    @juliosantillan1468 4 місяці тому +1

    Finally a trailer without spoilers...

  • @anthonyreese5566
    @anthonyreese5566 8 місяців тому +3

    Looks like the great indie movies of the 2000s - double feature with Palo Alto?

  • @lilmilontiktok
    @lilmilontiktok Рік тому +3

    Beautiful

  • @Demullete
    @Demullete Рік тому +5

    The guy should cast as T1000

  • @user-rb9ro8pg3k
    @user-rb9ro8pg3k Рік тому +2

    good film

  • @Joes45
    @Joes45 Рік тому +12

    All the Lolita pervs in here tryin to get reaction...😂

  • @celevispalomma
    @celevispalomma Рік тому +1

    Does someone know where to watch this movie? omg I cannot find it anywhere

  • @darkmikerises
    @darkmikerises Рік тому

    Gut punch

  • @gracebediako8357
    @gracebediako8357 Рік тому +4

    Tik tok brought me here lol yes is there any place I can watch this for free lol

  • @noofaateeq6657
    @noofaateeq6657 Рік тому +6

    I don't understand the end please 😢

    • @whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      @whosebuilderandmakerisgod Рік тому +1

      The end of the film or the end of the trailer? At the end of the movie, Lea gives Tom the slip. For his own safety so that he doesn’t get caught, Tom changes his phone number and leaves town. Lea manages to get ahold of his number from one of his old neighbours. Wen Tom finds out she’s alone, he’s willing to talk to her on the phone. She tells him that she misses him too, implying that he probably told her he missed her. He never sees her again

    • @xro1983
      @xro1983 Рік тому

      @@whosebuilderandmakerisgod bullshit he doesn’t see her again

  • @Verbsdescribeus
    @Verbsdescribeus 4 місяці тому +1

    The topic of human trafficking is superficially approached within this movie and it could have been a reference piece for all teenagers and their parents. The fact that a 17 year old falls in love with an older creepy guy who forces her to become a prostitute but she does not escape the room he puts her into even if she has her phone with her, then she gets raped, after she returns to the predator is so unrealistic.........

  • @atharmagdy4692
    @atharmagdy4692 Рік тому +2

    Creepy

  • @tobinstrike910
    @tobinstrike910 27 днів тому

    Gotta love that age gap

  • @xro1983
    @xro1983 Рік тому +2

    This movie pissed me off so much

  • @229Mike
    @229Mike 2 дні тому

    My boy 40 years old dating a 18-year-old Brazilian chyea 😆

  • @rebelraccoon9018
    @rebelraccoon9018 Рік тому +15

    It's a mix of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Lolita" and a bit of "Black Swan". A young innocent woman corrupted by a older experienced man who takes advantage of her heart. The acting looks great too.

    • @rebelraccoon9018
      @rebelraccoon9018 Рік тому +12

      @Just be , just be broo Actually the female character here is a minor. It's the adult one who has a responsibility to protect and NOT coerce/manipulate.

    • @rebelraccoon9018
      @rebelraccoon9018 Рік тому +6

      @Just be , just be broo Of course 17 year olds aren't stupid. However she's not fully developed and experienced in life. Having a dysfunctional family and not much self esteem doesn't make matters easier either.

    • @rebelraccoon9018
      @rebelraccoon9018 Рік тому +5

      @Just be , just be broo misogyny at its best not to mention a skewed perception of how maturity and development affects our decision making.

    • @BL3SSed-Bliss
      @BL3SSed-Bliss Рік тому +2

      @@rebelraccoon9018
      TBF, most humans _aren't fully_ developed until much later in life, their 🧠 specifically until aged mid-to-late twenties. (Males later than females, typically _years_ later.)
      I just don't know if that's a fair argument anymore, including regarding 17-year-olds, most of whom are usually sexually active by then.
      🤍

    • @whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      @whosebuilderandmakerisgod Рік тому

      @Just be , just be broo ah yes it’s her fault the thirty four year old man became the only person showering her with positive attention in her life and manipulated her into s3x work. And for the record, 17 yos ARE stupid. Have you ever met one?

  • @appledrink1156
    @appledrink1156 Рік тому +15

    Sv3rige brought me here.

    • @carolina-vl2cj
      @carolina-vl2cj Рік тому +2

      same h

    • @JPazb
      @JPazb Рік тому +3

      Same. I don't know why he'd recommend this movie. Seems like blue-pilled bullshit judging by the comments here.

    • @appledrink1156
      @appledrink1156 Рік тому +1

      @@JPazb Noticed it too. Seems like it was a distraction from the news about his (rumored) passing away of his ex Luna. No wonder he blocked the chat option of his group on the exact day.

    • @haroldgarling1063
      @haroldgarling1063 Рік тому +1

      @@JPazb He probably viewed the movie entirely differently from a normie audience.

    • @chrisa8044
      @chrisa8044 5 місяців тому +1

      He identified as the older guy

  • @FINALB
    @FINALB Рік тому +4

    Daddy issues

    • @bigt2731
      @bigt2731 Рік тому

      @Just be , just be broo no daddy issues

    • @BL3SSed-Bliss
      @BL3SSed-Bliss Рік тому

      @@bigt2731
      ...Which _are_ "Daddy Issues".

    • @whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      @whosebuilderandmakerisgod Рік тому +2

      @Just be , just be broo being raised without a father still gives you daddy issues. It just means you don’t have a strong, caring, protective paternal figure in your life so you seek it in romantic relationships.

  • @redpill3511
    @redpill3511 Рік тому +7

    My ex 44 and I’m 26 , it’s doesn’t ended well

  • @faisal_noor
    @faisal_noor Рік тому +7

    That guy looks 30 and girl looks 16

  • @jaywalkercrew4446
    @jaywalkercrew4446 Рік тому +2

    It's a bit too much for me.

  • @apg6162
    @apg6162 4 місяці тому

    Have not seen any abuse in the trailer....

  • @aimeeandrews2118
    @aimeeandrews2118 Рік тому +12

    Diana was 19 and Charles was 32.

    • @nojakthegemlad
      @nojakthegemlad Рік тому +11

      Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24. Times change ig.

    • @Joes45
      @Joes45 Рік тому +1

      its not that much of an age gap seriously xx

    • @paddaaweh
      @paddaaweh Рік тому

      ​@@nojakthegemlad is that ok?

    • @sampleoffers1978
      @sampleoffers1978 Рік тому +3

      They say maturity, generally doesnt take in human brains until about 30. So the guy, post 30, pursues later teen. Not outrageous, but a flag. Then there's some cultural things tough to simplify. Yet the simple point really is..regardless of the maturity of the teen...If someone post 30 or just significantly older pursues teen or younger...It's generally going to be disturbed person pursuing non emotionally formed person. Maybe that's films point. 19 is legal though, true.

    • @nojakthegemlad
      @nojakthegemlad Рік тому +3

      @@paddaaweh i dunno bro I'm not God nor the Grand Universal Arbiter of Morality

  • @jargraroch3000
    @jargraroch3000 Рік тому +9

    Just a few hundred years ago and millions of years before this, her age was normal to start having babies to. Strange how times change.

    • @paddaaweh
      @paddaaweh Рік тому +7

      Do you miss those days?

    • @GroundedSolidarity
      @GroundedSolidarity Рік тому +3

      Thank goodness we’ve come so far in humanity. Millions of years ago it was so rough being a human

    • @GroundedSolidarity
      @GroundedSolidarity Рік тому +1

      @@paddaaweh you wouldn’t last a day 😂

    • @jargraroch3000
      @jargraroch3000 Рік тому

      @@GroundedSolidarity Have we? How would you like to go to Russia right now? Hmmm?

    • @paddaaweh
      @paddaaweh Рік тому +4

      @@GroundedSolidarity I wouldn't last a day what? Knocking up teenagers?

  • @karelius7085
    @karelius7085 Рік тому +9

    Another boring creep movie shot mainly in the dark.

  • @pabloe5941
    @pabloe5941 Рік тому +1

    16+ is ok...