Bosque de sombras (2006)
Directed by Koldo Serra

Drama / Thriller
aka: The Backwoods

Film Synopsis

Towards the end of the 1970s, two English couples travel to Spain to spend their holiday on an isolated farm set in the middle of some woods.  Far from their everyday concerns, the break offers a chance for the four friends to rekindle their love lives.  In the course of a hunt, Paul and Norman come across a young girl locked in an abandoned cabin.  They decide to take her back with them to the farm.  This is how their nightmare begins...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Koldo Serra
  • Script: Jon Sagalá, Koldo Serra
  • Cinematographer: Unax Mendía
  • Music: Fernando Velázquez
  • Cast: Gary Oldman (Paul), Virginie Ledoyen (Lucy), Paddy Considine (Norman), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Isabel), Jon Ariño (Lechón), Lluís Homar (Paco), Kandido Uranga (Miguel), Álex Angulo (José Andrés), Savitri Ceballos (José Andrés' Daughter), Patxi Bisquert (José Luis), José Andrés Zalguegui (Bartender), Ramón Churruca (Ignacio), Isabel Jiménez (Waitress), Yaiza Esteve (Nerea, The Child)
  • Country: UK / France / Spain
  • Language: English / Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 153 min
  • Aka: The Backwoods ; BackWoods ; Spiral Violence

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