The Backwoods

Original title: Bosque de sombras

20062006
RR
1h 37m

Gary Oldman, Virginie Ledoyen, Paddy Considine, Lluís Homar, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Action Adventure Crime

An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.

Director
- Koldo Serra
Writers
- Jon Sagalá(screenplay)
- Koldo Serra(screenplay)
- Sebastian Maharg(dialogue polish)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Gary Oldman, Jon Ariño, Andrés Gertrúdix, Lluís Homar, and Kandido Uranga in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Gary Oldman and Paddy Considine in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Paddy Considine in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Kandido Uranga in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Paddy Considine in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Virginie Ledoyen in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Virginie Ledoyen in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Yaiza Esteve in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Gary Oldman and Lluís Homar in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, and Yaiza Esteve in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Virginie Ledoyen and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Lluís Homar in Bosque de sombras (2006)

Director
- Koldo Serra
Writers
- Jon Sagalá(screenplay)
- Koldo Serra(screenplay)
- Sebastian Maharg(dialogue polish)
All cast & crew
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Ledoyen and Considine play a young married couple at the end of the 1970s, who come to visit a friend (Oldman) who now lives in the Basque region because he has married a woman from there (Sánchez-Gijón). Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. They try to help her by taking her away from the home in which she is locked, but the local villagers, who have to protect the girl, start a pursuit in the forest they know much better than the visitors. —Press Release

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Taglines
- There are hunters and prey...that's the only truth in this world.
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine and Virginie Ledoyen were dubbed for the Spanish version of the film. The scenes where the characters had whole scenes with English dialog were all dubbed. Only when the characters spoke in English with the Spanish characters, the dubbing actors said their lines in English. 'Aitana Sánchez-Gijon' dubbed herself.

Goofs
When Paul is out with the villagers, back at the house Norman, Lucy and Isabel do not hear the practice shots Paul and the others take on a clear day. Yet later in a torrential downpour, having walked miles farther towards the nearest town, the trio hear the distant single shot when Paco kills Paul.

Quotes
Norman: I'm just trying to think!
Paul: Don't think! Let me think for both of us!

Connections
Featured in Nubes y claros - Rodando 'Bosque de sombras' (2007)

Soundtracks
There is a war
Written and Performed by Leonard Cohen
Taken from the Album 'New Skin for the old Ceremony'
Courtesy of Sony HNG Music, Canada

Top review

8/10

RURAL Spanish Gothic

A movie dealing with outsiders stuck out in an inhospitable bucolic nightmare. Definitely a paced and concentrated mix of tension and violence.Hostility sticks out all over this film and the performances are superb. This is a well worked trope but it doesn't matter. Highly recommended if you are keen on things like HAUTE TENSION, WOLF CREEK , SHY PEOPLE or DELIVERANCE. Gary Oldman,who has a great track record and versatility not matched does a grand job here.Probably one of his best roles to date. The villains are a sinister bunch of hill-folk,hints are made in reference to inbreeding and unspeakable acts but all is understated.A climate of violence prevails but does not descend into cartoon-like nonsense ala Tarantino(not knocking Mr T.). Rural Spanish Gothic.

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7

roko-7
Nov 13, 2007

Is this film an unofficial remake of Straw Dogs because of every scene being an uncredited rewrite of every scene in the film mentioned?

Budget
- €3,600,000 (estimated)
Gross worldwide
- $123,913

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Runtime
1 hour 37 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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