Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
- 6.2
- 2015
- Released
- 1h 44m
Bruce Greenwood
Rene Bartlett
Ella Purnell
Mackenzie
Brian Geraghty
Uncle
Ann Dowd
Jeanie
Nolan Gerard Funk
Tommy
Diane Farr
Jane
Joshua Leonard
Ted
Erin Lindsay King
Diner Waitress
Released
en
- #runaway
- #camping
- #wilderness
- #grief
- #alaska
- #nature
- #uncle niece relationship
- #runaway teen
- #backpacking
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