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A Good Person
Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.
2023 · Directed by Zach Braff · 128 min · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 9 frames
Tagline
Sometimes we find hope where we least expect it.
Plot
Allison is an aspiring musician, engaged to her high school boyfriend, Nathan. The day following their engagement party, Allison gets into a car crash while driving with her eyes off the road, killing Nathan's sister Molly and Molly's husband, and sustaining critical injuries herself.
One year later, dealing with severe depression and unable to deal with her guilt, Allison lives with her mother Diane, who attempts to curb her daughter's addiction to pain pills. Meanwhile, Nathan and Molly's ex-cop father Daniel, is taking care of his granddaughter Ryan. She also is still processing the loss of her parents.
After failing to get drugs illicitly from her friend Becka, and after a humiliating encounter with two high school acquaintances that leads her into a downward spiral, Allison joins an AA group. There, she unexpectedly encounters Daniel, who reveals in a meeting that his drinking resulted in repeated blackouts where he would not remember his violent behavior. On one such occasion, he destroyed the hearing in Nathan's ear.
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Crew
- Written by: Zach Braff
- Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
- Edited by: Dan Schalk
- Music: Bryce Dessner
- Production design: Merissa Lombardo
- Produced by: Pamela Koffler, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal, Christine Vachon
Cast
- Florence Pugh as Allison
- Morgan Freeman as Daniel
- Molly Shannon as Diane
- Celeste O'Connor as Ryan
- Chinaza Uche as Nathan
- Zoe Lister-Jones as Simone
- Nichelle Hines as Molly
- Toby Onwumere as Jesse
- Ignacio Diaz-Silverio as Quinn
- Oli Green as Thomas
Production
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Killer Films, Elevation Pictures
- Box office: $3,101,256
- Themes: vietnam veteran, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), forgiveness, drug addiction, brother-in-law, fiancé, trauma, ex fiancé, father-in-law, addiction
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