The Black Forest Movie

Family turmoil in the Black Forest.

Writer-director Ruth Platt’s impressive drama will be amusingly familiar to anyone who’s headed abroad for child-friendly holidays with another family. A love letter to Europe, The Black Forest follows a pair of dysfunctional families spending a welcome summer break in deepest Germany. While the children get lost in their own worlds, the two adult couples face up to various issues (sex and money are top of the list) and their idyllic holiday starts to unravel. An astute, tender and amusing new British film.