The Backwoods is a Spanish/British 2007 film directed and co-written by Koldo Serra

Koldo Serra

Koldo Serra is a Spanish director and screenwriter, born 1975 in Bilbao, Spain.-Director:* Amor de madre * El Tren de la bruja * The Backwoods * Gominolas TV series...

. Set in Spain

Spain

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, the film was shot in the Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

. The Spanish title, Bosque de Sombras, translates as Shadow Woods.

Plot

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

Ectrodactyly

Ectrodactyly, sometimes referred to as the “Lobster-Claw Syndrome” involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot and is also known as split hand/split foot malformation...

 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.

Cast

• Gary Oldman
  Gary Oldman
  Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor, voice actor, filmmaker and musician.A member of the 1980s Brit Pack, Oldman came to prominence via starring roles in British films Meantime , Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears , with his performance in the latter bringing him his first BAFTA Award...
  
   - Paul
• Virginie Ledoyen
  Virginie Ledoyen
  Virginie Fernandez , known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen, is a French actress.-Life and career:She was born in Aubervilliers, Paris, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernandez, a merchant who sold cleaning products. Her paternal grandfather was Spanish...
  
   - Lucy
• Paddy Considine
  Paddy Considine
  Patrick George "Paddy" Considine is an English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, musician and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. Best known to audiences for his portrayals of dark, troubled, morally or mentally ambiguous characters...
  
   - Norman
• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
  Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is a Spanish-Italian film actress.Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton ...
  
   - Isabel
• Lluís Homar - Paco
• Yaiza Esteve - Nerea
• Álex Angulo - Jose Andrés
• Patxi Bisquert - José Luis
• Andrés Gertrudix - Antonio
• José Andrés Zalguegui - Bartender