The Keira Knightley period drama Collette and Hilary Swank’s What They Had, both which premiered at Sundance, seem to be getting aligned for possible awards pushes.
LEAVE NO TRACE
Hearts Beat Loud, Leave No Trace, Eighth Grade and Search all take a look at unconventional familial bonds and how they’re affected by circumstance.
Foster stars as the father of a 13-year-old girl (breakout star Thomasin McKenzie), the two of them living in the wild in the forests of Portland. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions picked up the international rights earlier in the week.
Newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenziefollows plays a teenage girl who lives in the woods outside of Portland, Oregon with her father (Foster). A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from Forest Park, and into the charge of a social service agency.
Logline: A woman fights to keep her deceased boyfriend’s daughter alive while evading gun runners in the South African desert.
