| The Forest | |
| Director: | Leonel Vieira |
| Starring: | Diogo Morgado Chico Díaz Maitê Proença |
| Producer: | Luis Méndez |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Portugal Brazil Spain |
| Language: | Portuguese |
The Forest (A Selva) is a 2002 film directed by Leonel Vieira.
The movie won the "Best Film" at the 2003 Golden Globes Portugal.
Alberto (played by Diogo Morgado) is a young Portuguese monarchist who in 1912 is exiled to Brazil. There, he is contracted by Velasco (Karra Elejalde), a Spanish overseer, to work in the heart of the forest. Alberto discovers a strange and wild world, in which the Indians, the fever and the madness of the men are daily dangers.