The Forest of the Lost Souls

The Forest of the Lost Souls
Directed by José Pedro Lopes
Produced by
  • Ana Almeida
Written by José Pedro Lopes
Starring
  • Daniela Love
  • Jorge Mota
  • Mafalda Banquart
  • Ligia Roque
  • Lília Lopes
Music by Emanuel Grácio
Cinematography Francisco Lobo
Edited by Ana Almeida
Production
companies
  • Anexo 82
  • Studio 2203
  • Creatura
  • Agente a Norte
Distributed by Anexo 82
Wild Eye Releasing[1]
Release date
  • February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) (Fantasporto)[2]
  • February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) (Portugal)
Running time
 71 minutes[3]
Country Portugal
Language Portuguese

The Forest of the Lost Souls (Portuguese: A Floresta das Almas Perdidas) is a 2017 Portuguese slasher drama[4] film directed by José 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.[5]

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.[6]

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 than the others as they also 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
  • Lília Lopes as Irene
  • Tiago Jácome as Tiago

Reception

Screen Anarchy reviewed the film, describing it as "Arthouse meets the Grindhouse".[7]

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."[8]

The Los Angeles Times wrote "“The Forest of 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 whatever’s true or untrue about the characters, they’re all clearly alienated."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Murray, Noel (August 1, 2018). "Review: The haunting 'Forest of Lost Souls' takes unexpected turns". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ Expresso, Diário (February 26, 2017). "Fantasporto traz "A Idade das Sombras" numa edição mais cor de rosa". Expresso. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "A FLORESTA DAS ALMAS PERDIDAS (16)". ICA. February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ Mack, Andrew (2017-01-24). "THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS: Check Out The Haunting And Beautiful Trailer For Portuguese Horror Flick". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  5. ↑ Comercial, Radio (2017-02-04). "Fantas arranca hoje com filmes de 35 países". Rádio Comercial.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Haley (2017-01-01). "A Floresta das Almas Perdidas". Hayley's Horror Reviews.
  7. ↑ Mack, Andrew (2017-02-27). "Fantasporto 2017 Review: THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  8. ↑ Correl, Eddie (2017-07-27). "Film Review: 'The Forest of Lost Souls'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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