Deserted

Deserted

beauty. love. madness. exile.

2016 · 92 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama, Thriller

When twenty-four-year-old Jae is released from prison for killing her mother, she returns to her childhood home in small-town Ridgecrest. The desire to go anywhere but there prompts her to agree to join her brother on a road trip out to Death Valley - which results in getting them hopelessly lost in the most stunning, but unforgiving topographical terrain on the planet.

Directed by Ashley Avis · Written by Ashley Avis

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