Increasingly dissociated from lazy, drunken hangouts and perfunctory hookups with her immature peers, bored, aimless seventeen-year-old Lea is intrigued by an older-man, Tom, after he rescues her following a reluctant dine-and-dash at a local diner. Initially wary (he’s twice her age!), Lea finds that Tom’s focused attention fills a deep, unspoken need, and Lea’s investment in their relationship quickly supplants her already tenuous ties to her distracted single mom and loose-knit friend group. But Tom’s initial patience and willingness to let Lea take the lead gradually gives way to a dynamic in which his awareness of the power he holds is distressingly clear. Palm Trees and Power Lines, the first feature by Jamie Dack, is based on her 2018 short film of the same name. Dack won the award for directing, editing and screenwriting in the U.S Dramatic Competition at Sundance.