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  1. L.I.E. is a 2001 American drama film about a relationship between Howie, a troubled 16-year-old boy, and a middle aged man known as "Big John". [3] The title is an acronym for the Long Island Expressway. The film was directed by Michael Cuesta, who has said that the film is about exploring sexuality. [4] It stars Paul Dano in his first lead ...

    • Pierre Földes
    • Michael Cuesta, Linda Moran, René Bastian
  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0242587L.I.E. (2001) - IMDb

    Nov 29, 2002 · L.I.E.: Directed by Michael Cuesta. With Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, James Costa. A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.

    • (10K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Michael Cuesta
    • 2002-11-29
  3. Some pederasts are besotted by sentimentality, seeing their transgression through a misty-eyed desire to be understood. The popular arts usually paint them as monsters, and even a great novel like Michel Tournier's The Ogre goes straight for a link between the pederast's idealization of young men and the psycho-sexual impulses of Nazism. The most remarkable thing about "L.I.E.," a drama about ...

  4. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1106648-lieL.I.E. | Rotten Tomatoes

    Sep 7, 2001 · L.I.E. Rent L.I.E. on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. L.I.E. is a well-acted and unsettling look at a boy's relationship with a pedophile. With his mother dead and his ...

    • (86)
    • Michael Cuesta
    • R
    • Brian Cox
  5. A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man. 498 IMDb 7.1 1 h 37 min 2001. X-Ray 18+.

  6. L.I.E. 2001 • 97 minutes. 4.1 star. 109 reviews. 84%. Tomatometer. Eligible. A teenaged boy in desperate need of a father figure finds one in a place no one should ever have to look in this controversial drama. Howie (Paul Franklin Dano) is a 15-year-old who has been emotionally at sea ever since the death of his mother in an auto accident ...

  7. Sep 7, 2001 · With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

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