Leave No Trace
2018
****
Director: Debra Granik
Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey, Dana Millican, Michael Prosser, Derek John Drescher, Isaiah Stone
A traumatised war veteran and his 13-year-old daughter live totally off grid in a forest park in Oregon. The father and daughter slowly begin to drift apart after the authorities force them to abandon their isolated existence. Debra Granik's follow-up to Winter's Bone is another subtle, slow-burning, and powerful drama about marginalised people. Based on Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, which is based on a true story. Despite her tender age, Thomasin McKenzie gives a terrific performance.
