Summaries

Elizabeth Alison Gray is just your average suburban 11-year-old waiting for adolescence to arrive when she finds out that her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away to find the truth.

It's 1976, and Elizabeth is just your average suburban 11-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers that her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully-constructed "truth" to which she's been clinging, and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic cross-country trek by a mother searching for a daughter who's searching for a mother, both of them really searching for themselves. This movie is a poignant, sometimes funny, very female coming-of-age story that explores the tension between creating identity and finding it within.—Palomar

Details

Keywords
  • character name in title
  • f rated
  • reference to dolly parton
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Apr 16, 2013
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-G
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Production companies Buffalo Gal Pictures Palomar The Harold Greenberg Fund

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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