Into the Forest

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Based on Jean Hegland’s 1997 novel of the same name, Into the Forest is a Canadian drama directed by Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park). The film debuted at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and was chosen by TIFF as one of the top ten Canadian films of the year. It stars Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, and Wendy Crewson.

In the not-­too-distant future, two ambitious young women, Nell and Eva, live with their father in a lovely but run-­down home up in the mountains somewhere on the West Coast. Suddenly the power goes out; no one knows why. No electricity, no gasoline. Their solar power system isn’t working. Over the following days, the radio reports a thousand theories: technical breakdowns, terrorism, disease and uncontrolled violence across the continent. Then, one day, the radio stops broadcasting. Absolute silence. Step by ominous step, everything that Nell, a would-­be academic, and Eva, a hard working contemporary dancer, have come to rely on is stripped away: parental protection, information, food, safety, friends, lovers, music -­-­ all gone. They are faced with a world where rumor is the only guide, trust is a scarce commodity, gas is king and loneliness is excruciating.

Into the Forest is rated 14A.