Dark Heart of the Forest

Dark Heart of the Forest

104 mins | Drama | Jan. 25, 2023

Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself. He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans. Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods. In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man. Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control.

Dark Heart of the Forest

104 mins | Drama | Jan. 25, 2023

Dark Heart of the Forest
Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself. He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans. Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods. In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man. Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Origine films
Original title Le Cœur Noir des Forêts
Directors Serge Mirzabekiantz
Writers Serge Mirzabekiantz, Benjamin d'Aoust

Cast

Elsa Houben

as Camille

Quito Rayon Richter

as Nikolaï

Aurélia Petit

as Médecin

Olivier Massart

as Mari de la médecin

François Prodhomme

as Educateur

Leelou Laridan

as Anaïs

Michele De Luca

as Dealer de Camille

Brigitte Devillepoix

as Directrice du foyer

Eloïse Genet

as Educatrice

Eythan Solomon

as Carl

Louis Desnot

as Adam

Pascal Rouleaux

as Gendarme foyer

Julie Becsei

as Femme enceinte

Karim Chihab

as Mari femme enceinte

Nelson Maerten

as Enfant de la médecin (6 ans)

Julian Maerten

as Enfant de la médecin (4 ans)

Rose Roland

as Nourrisson

Geneviève Baerten

as Infirmière Hôpital

Charles François

as Médecin Hôpital

Christophe Leroy

as Gendarme Hôpital