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Luce

A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

Director

Julius Onah

Year

Genre

Box Office

$2,010,613

Production

Dream Factory Group,Altona Filmhaus,New Tropics,Endeavor Content,Topic Studios

Awards

3 wins & 25 nominations

Homepage

https://www.lucemovie.com/

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Amy Edgar

Harriet Wilson

Octavia Spencer

Luce Edgar

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Peter Edgar

Principal Dan

Norbert Leo Butz

Stephanie Kim

Rosemary

Marsha Stephanie Blake

Deshaun Meeks

Corey Johnson

Omar Shariff Brunson Jr.

Kenny Orlicki

Coach Reeves

Christopher Mann

Lena Tennyson

Little Boy

Man

Other Man

Woman

Meredith Holzman

Karen

Liza J. Bennett

Beth

West African Man

Souleymane Sy Savane

West African Woman

Molly

Rachel Wenitsky

Kelly Martinez

Female Student

Track Athlete

High School Student

High School Student

Teacher

Mr. Gomez

High School Student

Angel Christian Roman

Child in Doctor's Office

Genevieve Hye Jung Yoo

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Luce Edgar Amy Edgar

All I ask is if you're staying
on top of your medication. - Luce

All I ask is if you're staying on top of your medicatio...

Out of everyone in this family, - Luce

Out of everyone in this family,

I haven't gotten it back yet.
How could I talk my mom of it? - Luce

I haven't gotten it back yet. How could I talk my mom o...

After reading it,
I have some concerns - Luce

After reading it, I have some concerns

If I didn't know you, Luce,
it would be reasonable for me - Luce

If I didn't know you, Luce, it would be reasonable for ...

Look, um,
I'm sorry if I scared you. - Luce

Look, um, I'm sorry if I scared you.

Get what? Well, I get - Luce

Get what? Well, I get

What about? I mean, - Luce

What about? I mean,

Excuse me?
What's your favorite holiday? - Luce

Excuse me? What's your favorite holiday?

Before I came here, - Luce

Before I came here,

It's a hard concept to grasp
if you've never of it, - Luce

It's a hard concept to grasp if you've never of it...

Freedom, strength, - Luce

Freedom, strength,

Also I love the fireworks.
The lights. - Luce

Also I love the fireworks. The lights.

Luce, I'd like to remind you
that you're still a student here - Luce

Luce, I'd like to remind you that you're still a s...

And regardless of what you may
view as some sort of injustice - Luce

And regardless of what you may view as some sort of injustic...

Yeah, but she was
communicating with me - Luce

Yeah, but she was communicating with me

This woman has some kind
of vendetta against Luce. - Luce

This woman has some kind of vendetta against Luce.

She has some thing
with him and now, - Luce

She has some thing with him and now,

What she did with Stephanie Kim - Luce

What she did with Stephanie Kim

Yes, from our son, who has
always been honest with us. - Luce

Yes, from our son, who has always been honest with us.

Is that so? Not telling us - Luce

Is that so? Not telling us

Tell me if shit hits the fan, - Luce

Tell me if shit hits the fan,

We're not going to abandon him.
Our black son to a system - Luce

We're not going to abandon him. Our black son to a syst...

It's our job to protect him,
to have his back. - Luce

It's our job to protect him, to have his back.

That's part of it. It's our job - Luce

That's part of it. It's our job

So is there anything
you want to tell us? - Luce

So is there anything you want to tell us?

Am I sure about what?
Jesus, if you guys - Luce

Am I sure about what? Jesus, if you guys

What? Why did you have - Luce

What? Why did you have

I don't know what 90%
of the crap at the bottom is, - Luce

I don't know what 90% of the crap at the bottom is,

Now, you understand - Luce

Now, you understand

Okay. You seriously
buy this shit? - Luce

Okay. You seriously buy this shit?

So someone just happens to leave
a bag of illegal fireworks - Luce

So someone just happens to leave a bag of illegal fireworks

And then this teacher,
who you don't like, - Luce

And then this teacher, who you don't like,

You're just an unlucky victim - Luce

You're just an unlucky victim

I didn't tell anyone
about Stephanie or the party. - Luce

I didn't tell anyone about Stephanie or the party.

I'm not interested in being
the next Deshaun either. - Luce

I'm not interested in being the next Deshaun either.

Yeah, but he's like black-black. - Luce

Yeah, but he's like black-black.

I just wanted to apologize - Luce

I just wanted to apologize

No, he-he's confused.
We both are. - Luce

No, he-he's confused. We both are.

You don't conform
to what she wants - Luce

You don't conform to what she wants

And sometimes
I'm working so hard - Luce

And sometimes I'm working so hard

She's trying to protect
her idea of me. - Luce

She's trying to protect her idea of me.

Hey, Luce, it's Stephanie. - Luce

Hey, Luce, it's Stephanie.

Indian. Oh! - Luce

Harriet, - Luce

Ah! Now this
what I call breakfast. - Luce

Ah! Now this what I call breakfast.

I know we ate this
our whole lives but, - Luce

I know we ate this our whole lives but,

You know Harriet?
Ms. Wilson's my teacher. - Luce

You know Harriet? Ms. Wilson's my teacher.

Oh! Ain't the world - Luce

Oh! Ain't the world

Well, I bet they went out - Luce

Well, I bet they went out

Ms. Wilson, - Luce

I don't normally get
to go places, - Luce

I don't normally get to go places,

Hey! Who is that? Who is that? - Luce

Hey! Who is that? Who is that?

Thank you. I'm really glad
you guys could make it. - Luce

Thank you. I'm really glad you guys could make it.

How you doing? - Luce

I didn't realize it violated - Luce

I didn't realize it violated

Do you mind if we talk about
an assignment real quick - Luce

Do you mind if we talk about an assignment real quick

That nigga always undermining
with me, bro, from day one. - Luce

That nigga always undermining with me, bro, from day one.

Well we're getting killed
on these distance events - Luce

Well we're getting killed on these distance events

Don't know. If it's anything
like his sister's pussy, - Luce

Don't know. If it's anything like his sister'...

I don't know. It ain't like
future Nobel Laureates and shit. - Luce

I don't know. It ain't like future Nobel Laureates...

You don't have to be
a Nobel Laureate - Luce

You don't have to be a Nobel Laureate

I don't know if you've
been busy distracted - Luce

I don't know if you've been busy distracted

Yo, Wilson finds weed in my
locker and now I'm off the team. - Luce

Yo, Wilson finds weed in my locker and now I'm off the ...

Otherwise, all their little up
by your own bootstraps bullshit, - Luce

Otherwise, all their little up by your own bootstraps bullsh...

Word. So, what, you want
to trade or something? - Luce

Word. So, what, you want to trade or something?

I was walking and I was trying
to make it there and then... - Luce

I was walking and I was trying to make it there and then...

The food, the food was... Shhh! - Luce

The food, the food was... Shhh!

I'll clean it up. Shhh. - Luce

I'll clean it up. Shhh.

Breathe. Breathe. - Luce

Breathe. Breathe.

They screwed up the order.
I asked for cappuccinos - Luce

They screwed up the order. I asked for cappuccinos

Thank you.
No, thank you for, um, - Luce

Thank you. No, thank you for, um,

Okay. Um, yeah, well
I guess I was hoping - Luce

Okay. Um, yeah, well I guess I was hoping

Oh, you don't?
Not since we broke up. - Luce

Oh, you don't? Not since we broke up.

Um... Mrs. Edgar, - Luce

Um... Mrs. Edgar,

Because I don't know
why you want to know. - Luce

Because I don't know why you want to know.

Okay. Let me explain myself.
Yeah. - Luce

Okay. Let me explain myself. Yeah.

This is about Harriet Wilson.
What? - Luce

This is about Harriet Wilson. What?

Because Luce told us - Luce

Because Luce told us

I just want to know
the truth, Okay? - Luce

I just want to know the truth, Okay?

Now, if Ms. Wilson made you
feel like whatever happened - Luce

Now, if Ms. Wilson made you feel like whatever happened

As women what we need to do
is support each other. - Luce

As women what we need to do is support each other.

But for me to do that
I need to know what happened. - Luce

But for me to do that I need to know what happened.

But once you know something,
you can't un-know it. - Luce

But once you know something, you can't un-know it.

Harriet, please... - Luce

Harriet, please...

I'm sorry. I can't think of
any other way to resolve this. - Luce

I'm sorry. I can't think of any other way to resol...

You suffer from a condition, Ro. - Luce

You suffer from a condition, Ro.

And it's clear my home is no
longer an ideal environment. - Luce

And it's clear my home is no longer an ideal environmen...

No, no, this is between us.
I promise. - Luce

No, no, this is between us. I promise.

People kept having shots of
stuff that tasted like syrup - Luce

People kept having shots of stuff that tasted like syrup

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A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Julius Onah

Writer: J.C. Lee, Julius Onah

Production: Dream Factory Group,Altona Filmhaus,New Tropics,Endeavor Content,Topic Studios

Genre: drama, mystery

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 72/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: $2,010,613

Released: 23 Aug 2019

Awards: 3 wins & 25 nominations

Homepage: https://www.lucemovie.com/

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