Wildflower (Cast Involvement)

Wildflower is an independent feature film that conveys the trials and difficulties of overcoming trauma and repressed memories in the life of someone struggling with mental illness. It is a compelling story of triumph and healing that evokes a sense of hope and redemption through a narrative that will enrich the lives of all those who will view it.

About
Whether it manifests in someone you love, through someone who is in the news, or someone whom you may be sitting next to in everyday life, the statistics of mental illness and the precipitating outcomes are staggering. People who have experienced trauma at a young age may not even realize what it has done until later in life when patterns have been developed and that this subsequently determines the level of richness and fullness that could have been in their lives.

The message woven throughout Wildflower speaks to both adults and teens and gives a voice to those who may have yet to be heard. Creating further awareness of the issues, along with the theme of God's ultimate power to heal, makes way for an unprecedented hope and a deeper understanding of the truth. Continuing the dialogue through a planned Bible study will enrich our capacity for compassion and responsibility as we are enlightened to know how these issues integrate with faith.

This film will create partnerships between agencies and churches and open up doors for those who may have remained silent for years. There is no end to how this movie can potentially save a life, protect the vulnerable, grow perspectives, begin a new relationship with God, and heal the broken hearted. Through what WILDFLOWER offers, we can address the need for advocacy on behalf of those struggling and cause a decline in abuse and trauma by awareness and intervention.

Plot
Chloe Moray (Nathalia Ramos) is a gifted artist on scholarship at Wells College in the Hudson Valley in Upstate, NY. The product of a broken home, Chloe moved from one bad situation to another and, along the way, has carried more burdens than anyone should have to bear.

Nevertheless, she seems to have found her way through a minefield of sorrow brought on by the trauma she experienced as a young girl. It's as if her resilient spirit, and the release she finds through her art, has carried her over the threshold from despair to hope. But when she begins to have the same terrifying dream night after night, where she witnesses a girl being physically attacked, it provokes Chloe to look inward to try to unlock the exact meaning of the nightmare.

Her search sends her on a journey that forces Chloe to confront her past traumas and bring into the light, what she has long kept in the dark. Along the way, Chloe soon discovers that her reoccurring nightmare is actually a suppressed memory and that she may be connected to a girl who mysteriously disappeared ten years earlier.

Cast Involvement
After several auditions it was from the very first decided that Nathalia Ramos will be portraying the lead role of Chloe Morray, a troubled girl suffering from anxiety and depression, trying to overcome it all with religion and faith.

Cast
Nathalia Ramos as Chloe Morray

Cody Longo as Josh

Shari Rigby as Nicole

Alex Steele as Rebecca

Benjamin Ashbrook as Pastor Mark

Katie Gill as Brooke

Kevin McCorkle as Sargent Stanford

Christopher Jon Martin as Barnes