[ad_1]
Will (Ben Foster), a traumatized veteran who camps in a public wooded park with his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) , in "Leave No Trace," embodies the unsustainable nature of homelessness.
Rarely attacking is as easy as finding someone at home. Will is, by appearances, a calm and rational guy. He taught his daughter to look and read in the woods. But when father and daughter (his mother died years ago) are ripped off their cocoon after a smuggler has pulled out their encampment for rangers, Will changes
He never plays, but Foster does many with a minimalist script – the way Will and Tom prepare dinner from wild mushrooms cooked on a campfire – shows will quietly leave his skin when they are away from the camp.
What happened to him during the war is never stated, but he does not need to be. Saving in dialogue, fraught with alternately beautiful and disturbing landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, this film beautifully observed by Debra Granik ("Winter & # 39; s Bone") does not explain much. Yet, he captivates everywhere, whether his duo moved fights the elements or sits at a truck stop
The public remains invested, because Foster and McKenzie have restored the hermetic link of their character to the camp, when Will and Tom fulfilled their daily obligations. wood, patching up a tent – with obvious shared joy.
But Tom is close to the gate too. When social services place the father and daughter on a farm, and that she meets other teens (and a big bunny named Chainsaw – one of the many charming and folk touches of this movie) she is prospering.
McKenzie, who comes from a New Zealand working family (his grandmother, Kate Harcourt, is a lady) is a revelation. She shows at the same time a quality of old child who must sometimes be the guardian of his father, and the youthful wonder of new experiences, like discovering the sweetness of Chainsaw's ears
"Bone" launched the Hollywood career Jennifer Lawrence. So it's now twice that Granik has provided a starring vehicle for a remarkable new talent.
