Réalisation:
José Pedro LopesScénario:
José Pedro LopesPhotographie:
Francisco LoboMusique:
Emanuel GrácioRésumés(1)
The Forest of the Lost Souls is a dense and remote forest, Portugal's most popular place for suicide. In a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods. Ricardo is a sad old man, who gave up on life when his older daughter, Irene, took her life in a romantic pact gone wrong in the glacier lake that rests hidden deep in the forest. Carolina is an eccentric, unstable young girl who finds all things related to death are fun. As bumping into each other puts them off killing themselves, they decide to go for a walk to discover The Forest of the Lost Souls and see what they will find. As they walk deeper into the woods, they get to know each other and become friends: but one of them is not being honest, one of them is a dark and horrible person. (Wild Eye Releasing)
(plus)Critiques (2)
It’s so clear that this is a black&white pose to be fawned over by the art and festival audiences, who will also find something that actually isn’t there. But as long as poses like this last only seventy minutes, I’m fine with them. A decent atmosphere and a surprising plot twist.
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The Forest of the Lost Souls is a Portuguese co-production that shows that it is possible to make a horror movie that clearly has ambitions to be an arthouse movie or at least a thriller. It unravels slowly in black and white, and while it is not going to suit everyone, it is a very specific example of what an alternative horror movie could be.
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