When Big People Lie

Directed by Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz · Starring Kaden Quinn, Sasha Merci, Faruk Amireh, Diane Sargent · 2024

In Boston, nine-year-old Elvis learns his mother's survival logic, in a family where the adults he loves most hold together by lying.

A tender, semi-autobiographical child's-eye view of how love and lies keep a struggling family afloat.

WHEN BIG PEOPLE LIE is a semi-autobiographical portrait of drowning. Nine-year-old Elvis navigates the survival logic of his mother in Boston — where the adults he loves most have learned that lying is how you stay toget

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