Director Koldo Serra live in person!

Powerful survival thriller THE BACKWOODS is a definite last-but-not-least addition to Fantastic Fest 2007. Gary Oldman takes a break from Hollywood to delve deep into the European underbrush, emerging with a terrifying tale of civilized mankind out of its element.

"...this survival-in-the-forest saga owes more to the likes of DELIVERANCE and STRAW DOGS than to its more explicitly horrific forebears. Gary Oldman, giving one of his least eccentric - and most powerful - performances, plays an Englishman who’s first seen driving his wife (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) and another couple (Paddy Considine and Virginie Ledoyen) into the Spanish mountains for a stay at a remote vacation house. First, they make a stop at a nearby pub, where the inhabitants regard them with disdain and potential menace. Things don’t really become threatening, however, until the two men set off on a hunting excursion and come upon an apparently abandoned house, where they find a terrified young girl with deformed hands locked in a back room. Their decision to bring the child back to their place spurs a series of increasingly intense confrontations as the townsmen, armed with shotguns, come looking for her.

Serra, who scripted with Jon Sagala, wrings plenty of drama out of the couples’ attempts to determine what to do next before their decisions result in brutal violence. The four leads are all terrific, and while their characters have flaws of their own, they maintain consistent sympathy as they try to survive in hostile foreign terrain." - Fangoria

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