The Forest of the Lost Souls 2017
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.
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.
After a night out partying hard, a girl wakes up drunk at her house. Dazed and confused, she is not sure she came home alone.
In 1972, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa published the book As Novas Cartas Portuguesas [New Portuguese Letters], addressing topics forbidden and censored during the Estado Novo regime such as the colonial war, adultery, rape and abortion. The book was immediately banned and the writers were prosecuted for crimes against morality. The legal proceedings caused waves of protest around the world, giving rise to an international network of solidarity. In the film, the “three Marias” tell their story, before and after one the first major feminist struggles in Portugal.
Portugal's countryside is everyday more isolated and lonesome. In its empty roads, a mysterious man (Miguel Damião) drives around gathering sticks, stones - and victims. But what is this sinister figure working on?
On a spring night of 1999, two teenagers set out in an adventure to save the VHS.