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'Leaving' tells the story of Collette and Julien, your regular everyday couple, whose loving relationship is terribly tested and turns sour when Julien slowly but surely becomes increasingly more and more physically and mentally abusive towards Collette during a supposed romantic camping trip. His violent, abusive temper and behavior leads to some very deadly consequences. This film is a complicated, nuanced take on how a 'secure' relationship can slowly crumble to pieces under constant duress and stress but also the influence of an abusive partner who turns slowly controlling and manipulative over the other. Shot in and against the beautiful wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park- which paints a beautiful but scary picture- the nature and openness of the park and nature truly tries to encapsulate the constant dichotomy of something so beautiful on the outside but something so lonely and isolating on the inside- Collette's internal journey is thus seen visually. We follow the story through Collette's point of view as she slowly but surely begins her downward spiral as she slowly comes to terms with her situation. and more importantly how she will get out. This is a story for the unseen, unheard and unprotected that don't have a voice and who need to be heard and seen. For the women or men or individuals, who are or have been trapped in relationships that suffocated them and drowned their voice. This story is for them. *This story is loosely based on the Gabby Petito case back in 2021- some of the similar mental and physical abuse endured by her influenced very loosely some of the actions and experiences that happen to the female character of the story LEAVING.

Tyler Richmeier and Katie Lynn Stoddard in Leaving

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