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Where was Wild filmed?

2015 film, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

  • California

The story is set in California, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Set in
California
Filmed in
California

About Wild

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Released
2015
Director
Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast
Brian Van HoltCharles BakerGaby HoffmannKevin RankinLaura DernMichiel HuismanNick EversmanReese WitherspoonThomas SadoskiW. Earl Brown
Genre
AdventureDramaBiographicalSurvival
Based on
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

The story

In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, Cheryl Strayed leaves Minneapolis to hike, by herself, 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of the 2,650-mile (4,260 km) Pacific Crest Trail.

After her behavior destroyed her marriage and then led to an abortion, Cheryl resolves to hike the trail to try to rediscover the woman her mother raised her to be.

On the first night, she discovers she brought the wrong type of fuel for her stove and is therefore unable to eat hot food.

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