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Leave No Trace (2018)

Leave No Trace poster
Directed by
Debra Granik
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,392 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A military veteran with PTSD and his teenage daughter live a secluded life in a forest. When they are discovered and forced into society, they struggle to adapt and find their place.

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What happens

Leave No Trace is a 2018 American drama film directed by Debra Granik. The film is written by Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on Peter Rock's 2009 novel My Abandonment, which is based on a true story. The plot follows a military veteran father (Ben Foster) with post-traumatic stress disorder who lives in the forest with his young daughter (Thomasin McKenzie). Leave No Trace premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and was theatrically released by Bleecker Street in the United States on June 29, 2018. It is the most reviewed film to hold a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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