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WildLike (2015)

WildLike poster
Original title
Wildlike
Directed by
Frank Hall Green
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 122 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A troubled teenage girl escapes a difficult home situation by running away to the Alaskan wilderness. She forms an unlikely bond with a lone hiker who is also dealing with his own grief as they trek through the remote landscape.

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What happens

Wildlike is a 2014 American feature film written and directed by Frank Hall Green. Filmed in Alaska and starring Ella Purnell, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Geraghty, Nolan Gerard Funk and Ann Dowd, it has a 92% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and has played over 150 film festivals and won over 100 festival awards. It was filmed on location in Denali National Park, Juneau, Anchorage, Palmer, Whittier, Matanuska Glacier, and on the state ferry boat Kennicott run by the Alaska Marine Highway System. The film was produced by Green, with Julie Christeas, Schuyler Weiss and Joseph Stephans, and executive-produced by Christine Vachon. The director of photography was Hillary Spera, and it was edited by Mako Kamitsuna. The score was composed by Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, and the production designer was Chad Keith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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