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Woodland

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Marian Malin (BRIGITTE HOBMEIER) has everything she could wish for: a passion, a job, a love. Until she and her husband (BOGDAN DUMITRACHE) fall victim to a terrorist attack in the middle of Vienna. The external injuries heal quickly, but Marian's trauma is so deep that she flees to the abandoned countryside house of her grandparents, miles away from the next village where she grew up. Roaming the woods, Marian slowly rediscovers the sense of freedom she felt as a child but is also opening old wounds of her former best friends, Gerti (GERTI DRASSL) and Franz (JOHANNES KRISCH), who stayed behind.

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David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 05/30/2024
Woodland ... imagines it can deal in a genuinely meaningful manner with the consequences of a terrorist attack as a purely personal psychological event, without ever exploring ... the nature ... of the attack or the character of the society... Go to Full Review Ankit Jhunjhunwala The Film Stage 10/01/2023
B-
Woodland is hard to fault for its stunning widescreen images, framed with an obvious eye for beauty and spectacle. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 09/20/2023
3/4
...a compelling character study that features a first-class performance at its core. Go to Full Review Shikhar Verma High on Films 09/20/2023
It is Briditte Hobmeier’s exceptional performance that steers you into this muted character study. It is almost as if she has enveloped this woman in her own personal cloak of trauma. Go to Full Review Rachel West AWFJ.org 09/13/2023
A soul-searching drama, Woodland is an appropriately moody and healing experience, that should resonate with a TIFF audience and beyond. Go to Full Review Christian Gallichio The Playlist 09/12/2023
B+
Scharang has crafted a quiet, contemplative film and, in the end, a moving exploration of how the past constantly informs the present. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Elisabeth Scharang

Director

Gerti Drassl

Gerti

Bogdan Dumitrache

Marian's Ehemann

Brigitte Hobmeier

Marian

Johannes Krisch

Franz

Sarah Zaharanski

Ulrike
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Movie Info

Synopsis Marian Malin (BRIGITTE HOBMEIER) has everything she could wish for: a passion, a job, a love. Until she and her husband (BOGDAN DUMITRACHE) fall victim to a terrorist attack in the middle of Vienna. The external injuries heal quickly, but Marian's trauma is so deep that she flees to the abandoned countryside house of her grandparents, miles away from the next village where she grew up. Roaming the woods, Marian slowly rediscovers the sense of freedom she felt as a child but is also opening old wounds of her former best friends, Gerti (GERTI DRASSL) and Franz (JOHANNES KRISCH), who stayed behind.
Director
Elisabeth Scharang
Producer
Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz
Screenwriter
Elisabeth Scharang, Elisabeth Scharang
Production Co
WEGA Filmproduktion
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 40m