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The Forest of the Lost Souls
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Forest of the Lost Souls
| image = The Forest of Lost Souls.png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jos Pedro Lopes
| producer =
| writer = Jos Pedro Lopes
| starring =
| music = Emanuel Grcio
| cinematography = Francisco Lobo
| editing = Ana Almeida
| production_companies =
| distributor = Anexo 82
Wild Eye Releasing
| released =
| runtime = 71 minutes
| country = Portugal
| language = Portuguese
}}
'The Forest of the Lost Souls' is a 2017 Portuguese slasher drama film directed by Jos Pedro Lopes. Described as a "coming of age slasher movie", the film had its world premiere at the Director's Week of the Fantasporto Film Festival 2017.
The titular forest is a fictional place between Portugal and Spain, an infamous suicide spot. One morning two complete strangers with their own demons to bear meet within the woods.
Plot
Ricardo and Carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the "Forest of Lost Souls", a place where many people go to commit suicide. These two, a young woman and an old man, are no different from the others, as they came to the forest for this very reason. They decide to briefly postpone killing themselves in order to explore the forest and also to continue talking to one another, as Ricardo and Carolina find themselves intrigued by one another. However as they go further into the forest it becomes clear that one of the pair has other reasons for being in the forest and is not who they would have the other believe them to be and is actually a psycho killer.
Cast
* Daniela Love as Carolina
* Jorge Mota as Ricardo
* Mafalda Banquart as Filipa
* Ligia Roque as Joana
* Llia Lopes as Irene
* Tiago Jcome as Tiago
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 'The Forest of the Lost Souls' holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".
Screen Anarchy described the film as "Arthouse meets the Grindhouse".
'Variety' wrote "...the black-and-white stalker drama The Forest of Lost Souls is a nasty and impressive little thriller that goes about its business with ruthless cinematic efficiency."
The 'Los Angeles Times' wrote "The Forest of the Lost Souls is a bit of a puzzle, which some viewers might find too much trouble to solve especially given that in the middle it becomes shockingly violent. But the black-and-white images are lovely to look at, and whatevers true or untrue about the characters, theyre all clearly alienated."
References
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