Leave No Trace / Three Identical Strangers

Flicks with The Film Snob

Jul 25 2018 | 00:04:08

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Show Notes

Debra Granik’s latest film tells of a father and teenage daughter trying to live in the woods, outside of society, and the challenges to their relationship that arise when authorities discover them. And a new documentary relates the true story of triplets adopted by three separate families, who discovered each other by chance. In the film Leave No Trace, a father and his teenage daughter are living in the woods—we see them foraging for food, mending tarps and other equipment, and doing drills in which they practice running and hiding from people who might be looking for them. The skillful…

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