| The Backwoods | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Koldo Serra |
| Produced by | Guillaume Benski Julio Fernández Aitor Lizarralde |
| Written by | Jon Sagalá Koldo Serra |
| Starring | Gary Oldman Virginie Ledoyen Paddy Considine |
| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
| Cinematography | Unax Mendía |
| Editing by | Javier Ruiz |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Filmax SA |
| Release date(s) | 16 February 2007 |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English Spanish |
The Backwoods is a Spanish/British 2007 film directed and co-written by Koldo Serra. Set in Spain, the film was shot in the Basque Country. The Spanish title, Bosque de Sombras, translates as Shadow Woods.
Set in the summer of 1978, Lucy and Norman, a young married couple whose relationship is going through a rough patch, decide to visit an English friend, Paul, who lives with his Spanish wife Isabel in the Basque Country. Standing in an isolated spot in the middle of the forest, the house seems the ideal spot for a quiet stay and the chance for Lucy and Norman to sort out their emotional problems. However, their peace is shattered when Paul and Norman discover a cabin in the forest in which a girl with ectrodactyly is imprisoned. Their attempts to take the girl to the police are hampered by the difficulties of the heavily wooded terrain and the intervention of a group of villagers who are determined to keep the girl locked away for good.