Into the Forest

Into the Forest

Directed by Gilles Marchand

Produced by Les Films de Françoise, GötaFilm

2016103 min5.3 / 10

A tense, melancholic thriller about two boys isolated in a remote forest with their estranged, enigmatic father, where beauty and dread coexist.

Tom (8) and Benjamin (11) travel to Stockholm to spend the summer with their father, whom they have barely seen since he divorced their mother. Tom, in particular, knows next to nothing about this strange, solitary man who seems never to sleep. When he suggests they spend a few days at his cabin in the country, the boys are delighted. But the cabin is totally isolated in the middle of a huge forest, a place both beautiful and troubling.

Questions people ask

  • Is Into the Forest sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Into the Forest end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Into the Forest scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Into the Forest violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Into the Forest easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity72

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Into the Forest

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Into the Forest

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Into the Forest, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Into the Forest, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Into the Forest, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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