Director
Ruth Platt
Starring
Hattie Ladbury, Sirine Saba, Aleksandar Mikic, Robert Hands
Run Time
85 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Oskar Kudlacik
Editor: Jamie Mckivitt
Produced by: Darko Stavrik
Music: Julsy, Ruth Stavric
Screenplay by: Ruth Platt
The Black Forest
Part of the Best of British Strand
Writer-director Ruth Platt’s impressive drama will be amusingly familiar to anyone who’s headed abroad for child-friendly holidays with another family. A love letter to Europe, The Black Forest follows a pair of dysfunctional families spending a welcome summer break in deepest Germany. While the children get lost in their own worlds, the two adult couples face up to various issues (sex and money are top of the list) and their idyllic holiday starts to unravel. An astute, tender and amusing new British film. [12A]
The Black Forest is nominated for the 2019 Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film.