''The Enchanted Forest'' ( es, El bosque encantado, links=no) is a 1987 Spanish comedy-fantasy film directed by José Luis Cuerda and written by Rafael Azcona, based on the eponymous novel written by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez. The film has a large ensemble cast headed by Alfredo Landa. It was a critical success winning five

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including

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, Best Director and

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Plot

The film shows the adventures of the human inhabitants of the shrubland of

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and how their paths cross over under the shelter of a lively forest where animals, people and plants form a harmonious system. It notably tells the misfortunes of Malvís, a farm hand sick of the shortages of his trade, who decides to become a bandit and hides in the shrubland under the alias Fendetestas, and who is joined by a kid as an apprentice, Fuco; of Geraldo, a well-digger who lost a leg while whale hunting and is in love with Hermelinda, who is leaving to the city fed up with her aunt; of the lost soul of Fiz de Cotovelo, damned to follow the procession of spirits; and of the D'Abondo family, the lords and ladies of the

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, among other characters.

Cast

Release

The film was theatrically released on 2 October 1987.

Accolades

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, , Alfredo Landa , , , - , Best Original Score , , José Nieto , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Félix Murcia , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Javier Aguirresarobe , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Javier Artiñano , , , - , Best Sound , , Bernardo Menz, Enrique Molinero , ,

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