**** Living off-grid in a vast forest, Tom and her father have a quiet but happy existence. One day, a small mistake puts their way of life in jeopardy... Today, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a part of public consciousness - no longer is it a shameful thing, but something that we, as a society, openly discuss and try to understand. Take BBC's record-breaking Bodyguard as an example - our central protagonist is suffering the effects of the life and experiences he endured in conflict and, at the show's conclusion, PTSD charities hoped that other sufferers would feel empowered to come forward and receive help. This is just one of the many on-screen depictions of PTSD in recent years, and now Leave No Trace can be added to that catalogue. However, the decision to view the world through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl (newcomer Thomasin McKenzie) makes this exploration into the aftermath of war a far more subtle and delicate affair. In fact,
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