Leave no trace (2018)

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	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Debra Granik
	Actors: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 10.09.2018, Schauburg,
Synopsis: Will (Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland.
Review: The plot sounds a bit like Captain Fantastic. And its drives indeed to the margin of the Western society, where people don't want to deal with consumption and money and want to cut with all human influences that they consider as destructive. Here we have much more realistic interactions with the society. Administration forcing people to be dependent and unhappy. People without understanding for outcast people. This sets another viewpoint on the meaning of having a job, of going to standard school, of paying taxes, of having a house. The fact that Tom struggles to get her father accepting the Western consumption society makes me have more understanding for the ones who do not accept it. The values of freedom and justice are not the same for everyone. It becomes even more critical to make the effort of listening to the other, even if apparently marginal, and to make the effort of accepting different references.  The acting of McKenzie and Foster is very emotional as it (their emotions) is what they have and what cannot be stolen or restricted by the rules of the Canadian society. There is not much action or intrigues that could require different acting register. After having discovered Jennifer Lawrence, Debra Granik discovers Thomasin McKenzie that looks more sensitive but also with a very strong personality.
Rating: 6 /10