''The Enchanted Forest'' () is a 1987 Spanish comedy-fantasy film directed by

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wrote the screenplay, based on the homonymous novel written by

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. The film has a large ensemble cast headed by

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. It was a critical success winning five

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including Best Film and Best Actor.

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 farmhand 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 parroquia, among other characters.

Cast

Release

The film was theatrically released on 2 October 1987.

Accolades

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