Episode 311: In The Seats With...Laura Adamo and 'The Wishing Tree'

You've gotta represent for the home grown talent...On this episode we sit down with writer/director Laura Adamo to talk about her debut feature 'The Wishing Tree' which is hitting VOD platforms tomorrow.It's a story of disappointment and pain, Julia (Adamo) leaves behind her crumbling marriage and sets off alone on an arduous hiking expedition in a quest for answers, healing and peace—searching for the fabled Wishing Tree, believed to bring good fortune to those who come to ask. On the trail, Julia encounters Caleb (Roberts) and Ryan (Vincent) lost in the woods, both struggling with their own demons of denied sexuality and addiction. Thrown together unexpectedly, they embark on a soul-searching journey of transformation, discovering that hope is sometimes found in the most unlikely ways.It's a deeply personal story as Adamo pours herself into this story and we have the distinct pleasure to sit with her to talk about the origins of the story, the challenges of being a first time director, the shared joy of the cinema of Jean Marc Vallee and so very much more...