Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 04/15/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Lionsgate
First-time 31-year-old director
Koldo Serra's thriller
The Backwoods (AKA
El bosque de las sombras, 2006) re-charts thematic territory covered, in years prior, by such well-worn classics as
Deliverance and
Southern Comfort, and such B-grade
horror pictures as
Savage Island (2004). With their nuptials crumbling, a married couple from London in their early thirties,
Norman (
Paddy Considine) and
Lucy (sensual
Virginie Ledoyen of
The Beach) opt to take some time out with a sojourn to northern Spain's Basque region, in the Pyrenees. They arrive at a renovated farmhouse run by
Paul (
Gary Oldman) and
Isabel (
Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) and are initially able to enjoy themselves, but the trip takes a decidedly ugly turn when
Paul and
Norman head out on a hunting expedition and discover a malformed, feral girl (an 'enfant sauvage') in a local cabin, apparently completely neglected. They transport her from the building in a sincere and honest attempt to help her, but only succeed in drawing forth the wrath of the savage and inbred local townspeople, who quake with rage at the thought of someone absconding with one of their own.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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