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follow us today to a 2018
american drama film called leave no
trace
before we start be aware there are
spoilers
our movie begins with a girl named tom
walking through the forest
she meets with her father will and they
gather leaves to eat together they build
a bonfire and eat dinner tom is also
growing her own vegetables in a little
patch
will creates a canopy to collect
rainwater at night they are inside a
tent together and try to get the insects
out
in the distance they can hear dogs and
tom notes that the pack seems to be
getting bigger in the morning they both
have to repair the canopy tom goes to
explore and finds a bunch of prisoners
performing community service
she makes sure that she is unseen and
returns with some wood and the daily
procedure of making fire and cooking
dinner starts again
will struggles to light the fire but tom
wants to use propane to hurry up the
dinner whale argues that they are low
and should save it but tom is hungry
while eating will can hear a noise and
tom assures him that it is just the work
crew that she saw earlier they go out to
practice survival skills
tom has to hide while will looks for her
he tells her that her socks give her
away at night will hears a helicopter
flying overhead and he wakes with a
startle tom tries to settle him again
the next day they pack up camp and head
to town on the way will decides that
they are going to have to make a new
path out of camp as they are leaving
tracks
tom finds a necklace on the path and
asks her dad if she can keep it if it is
still there when they return he says yes
and she puts it down but hides it so
that it's not so visible they brush
their clothes off and emerge out of the
forest they cross a bridge and ride a
cable car into town
as they exit wheel notices a helicopter
and stops to look at it they go to the
hospital and a man gives tom a card with
the helpline number for veterans in need
she browses other things on the table
before her dad returns
they then head to the supermarket to
shop for groceries before returning back
across the bridge to the forest will
meets up a camp with some other veterans
and sells them the medicine that he
acquired at the hospital they return to
camp and unpack the groceries
tom reads a book but is suddenly spotted
by a stranger
she hides as he calls out
later she plays chess with her father
but they hear the sound of dogs
will says that this is not a drill and
they run and hide as some policemen with
the dog searched their camp the dog
seeks them out and they find will
he is arrested and calls for tom to come
out as well
will tells her to cooperate as they
haven't done anything wrong will is
taken away while a woman named jean
speaks with tom she asks about will does
he ever do anything strange or have any
weapons
when she asks if he hides things tom
shows her where they keep their tools
and important papers
jean takes a picture as tom retrieves
the papers
tom is taken to a dormitory where she
meets two other girls who are making
dream boards
she tells them that she was living with
her dad in the forest and they tell her
that she was homeless
tom believes that her dad is in the
building but the girls tell her that no
one's parents ever come back to get them
tom is given some tests to do and she
seems ahead of where she should be
will is also undergoing tests he seems
to become agitated and struggles
in the bathroom tom reveals the necklace
that she found is around her neck will
is interviewed and tells them that he
wants to go back to living the way that
they were but he is told that it is
impossible because they are not allowed
to camp in the forest they are however
offered an alternative and they are
driven away they are introduced to mr
walters who has offered them to stay in
a caravan on his land they go inside and
take a look around
tom feels that everything is different
now but will assures her that she can
still think her own thoughts
will puts the television away in the
cupboard tom goes to will's bedroom to
find him struggling mentally will tells
her that they were discovered because of
the man in the woods that saw her he is
surprised that she didn't tell him about
it the following day mr walters asked
will to help with tree work he would
like to work with horses but mr walters
says that he needs help with the trees
because that is where he makes his money
jean arrives with some donated articles
which will doesn't really want to accept
she also leaves some forms to get tom
enrolled in school
later will teaches tom how to ride a
bike on sunday they both go to church
will meets pastor spencer who welcomes
him to return any time
afterwards tom reads from a religious
leaflet and seems to show an interest
will says that they only win because mr
walters asked them to and tells her that
if you dress and behave in a particular
way then people will believe certain
things about you will continues to work
but is disturbed by the helicopters that
fly overhead
while out walking tom finds a rabbit and
returns it to its owner a kid named
isaiah he explains that he will take the
rabbit to a show and invites her to join
him at their meetings he is building a
mobile home that he plans to live in she
stays there late and her father is
worried when she finally gets home she
tells him that it would have been easier
if she'd had a phone and suggest that
they try to adapt
this makes him angry and she is worried
that the other kids at school will think
that she is strange
she goes to bed upset
tom goes to the rabbit meeting with
isaiah jean pays will a visit with some
paperwork and a phone he doesn't seem
impressed but she explains the
importance of following through if they
want to retain their independence
will visits the horses and seems
comfortable in their presence early one
morning he wakes tom and tells her to
pack her essential things they return to
their camp in the forest to find it has
been vandalized tom admits to having
liked it at mr walter's place and
accuses her father of not even giving it
a chance
meanwhile the camp of the other veterans
is destroyed they blame will for
bringing the police here tom and will
hide out at the train station they jump
on a bus out of town and sit separately
to avoid detection
during the trip tom joins will at the
back of the bus but he is still nervous
that they will be caught at a rest area
they get off and will dresses tom's
wound they don't get back on the bus and
will hitches a ride in a truck where
they travel north they get out after
some time and the driver wishes them
well tom complains of the cold as they
disappear into the forest and finds that
our boots are leaking will helps her to
change her socks and tells her that
they're going to keep moving eventually
she begs to sit down
will starts to gather branches and
leaves to make a shelter and try some
survival techniques to help to keep her
warm tom is worried that they will die
in their sleep but they survive the
night the following day they find a
cabin and break inside
will lights a fire and they try to warm
up tom admits to missing the things at
the farm although will reminds her that
they were never really their things
they make a shopping list and will heads
out he tells her to gather kindling
before it gets dark and puts a necklace
around her neck he then sets off towards
the stream to follow it to find some
shops
tom waits in the cabin and tries to
occupy herself she looks at the test
that will complete it and the answers
seem to make her sad she also reads a
newspaper report concerning her father's
military unit
knight falls and tom lights candles on
the balcony to help her father find his
way back she also calls out but he
doesn't return that night she leaves in
the morning to search for him and soon
finds his body near the stream where he
tripped and fell
she tries to make him comfortable before
going to look for help she manages to
find a group of people on quad bikes who
helped to retrieve her father they
planned to take him to the hospital but
tom objects and begs them to help treat
them themselves
they agree and a woman named susan asked
tom where they were going she replies
that she doesn't think that even her dad
knew
will is made to feel comfortable and the
woman presses tom to tell her if they
are in any kind of trouble the woman
sets them up in an old rv
will tells her that they won't be there
long but she tells them that it's not a
problem tom likes it here and meets some
nice people a man offers tom the loan of
his dog for her father the dog can sense
when someone is struggling with their
mental health and can help to nudge him
out of it susan is really kind and tom
tries to give her all their money in
return for staying on longer susan only
accepts a small amount and promises that
tom and her father can stay for as long
as they need to she explains that she
leaves a bag of goods in the forest for
a man to collect that they haven't seen
for years but they know he is still
there as the bag is always empty tom
shows her father the wonderful things
that she has experienced in the rv park
to help convince him to stay she tells
him that she has paid for this place so
that they can stay he agrees that it is
the right thing to do but doesn't seem
pleased when he realizes that she means
forever
one day tom returns to the rv to find
that her father is packed ready to leave
she doesn't want to leave and says that
last time he nearly died and would have
if she hadn't rescued him she tells him
that these people are similar to them
but he starts to say that they need
before she interrupts saying that he
needs the thing that is wrong with him
is not wrong with her nevertheless she
packs a bag and leaves with him but tom
continually glances back eventually she
tells him that she knows he would stay
if he could and gives him a hug they
start to cry and she hands him back his
necklace and puts it around his neck tom
then turns around and while will holds
back his tears she returns to the rv
park alone on the way she takes one more
trek through the wilderness to hang a
bag for the man that lives in the forest
that no one has seen for years
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