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Summary Penny Lane's decision to become a "Good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.
Directed By: Penny Lane
Written By: Penny Lane
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- Sandbox Films
- 1 h 45 m
- 2024
- Sandbox Films
- 1 h 45 m
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
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Summary Penny Lane's decision to become a "Good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.
Directed By: Penny Lane
Written By: Penny Lane
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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It’s a film that ends in a far more ambivalent place than it starts, and puts much less emphasis on Lane’s moral fiber than it does on the ever-shifting nature of morality itself.
As Lane wends her way to a conclusion of her own, it’d be a mistake to view “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” with its serious curiosity balanced by a quirky theremin score and humorous asides, as Lane turning personal experience into public advocacy. She’s cagier than that.
With "Confessions of a Good Samaritan," Lane is in her most confessional mode yet, finally turning the camera fully on herself.
Despite being a tad too long and a trifle repetitive, the documentary essay “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” from American helmer Penny Lane is a thought-provoking personal investigation into a subject rarely examined: the nature of altruism.
What begins as an optimistic piece of advocacy eventually veers into something more complex, ambivalent and even frantic.
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Production Company
Catapult Film Fund,
Impact Partners,
Olive Hill Media,
Sandbox Films (II),
Spinning Nancy
Release Date Jun 28, 2024
Duration 1 h 45 m
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Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Independent Film Festival of Boston
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination