WILDLIKE - FESTIVAL PREMIERE - USA - DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE.
Synopsis:
Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent to live with her
uncle in Juneau, Alaska. She longs for her struggling, absent Mother, but
as her mom’s phone calls become less frequent and her uncle’s care is not
what it seems, she must flee. Her only thoughts are to escape her uncle’s
grasp and contact her mother somehow, but as she plunges deeper into
the Alaskan interior she is suddenly helplessly alone. A chance connection
with a loner back-packer, Rene Bartlett, proves to be her only lifeline.
Mackenzie shadows Bartlett thwarting his efforts to cut her loose until
he has no choice but to help her survive in the wilderness. Against the
backdrop of a spectacular Alaskan landscape, they discover the redemptive
power of friendship. But in returning to civilization, Mackenzie is once
again at risk of capture by her uncle as he hounds her with manipulative
calls and messages. When Bartlett finally discovers her alarming secret, he
must make a bold choice to take real responsibility for Mackenzie and to
help her finally escape her traumatic past.
Director: Frank Hall Green
Producer: Joseph Stephans, Julie Christeas, Schuyler Weiss, Frank Hall
Green, Christine Vachon
Screenwriter: Frank Hall Green
Cinematography: Hillary Spera
Editor: Mako Kamitsuna
Music: Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Sound: Lew Goldstein
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty, Ann Dowd
Print Screen: Alaska Film LLC
Website: wildlikefilm.com