Marché du Film: Gabriele Albanesi's THE LAST HOUSE IN THE WOODS (IL BOSCO FUORI)

Distribution rights for Gabriele Albanesi's The Last House in the Woods (Il bosco fuori) are to be offered for sale by Minerva Pictures Group s.r.l. at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes, which runs from May 16th to 26th. The movie had what appears to have been its world première at the Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest in Italy on October 6th of last year. Epcott Co. Ltd. (K.K. Epukotto) is scheduled to release it on sale DVD (ALCD-0096; NTSC, region 2, Italian w/ Japanese subtitles) in Japan on May 25th, under the title "Italian Chainsaw" ("Itarian Chênsô"); the DVD is available for pre-order from ScreenAnarchy affiliate YesAsia.com (Hong Kong) Ltd..

The screenplay for The Last House in the Woods was written by Albanesi. The movie stars Daniela Virgilio as Aurora, Daniele Grassetti as Rino, Rino Diana as Antonio, Santa De Santis as Clara, David Pietroni as Cesare, Geremia Longobardo as Ginger, Cristiano Callegaro as Diego, Luigi Campi as Osvaldo, Valter Gilardoni as Emidio, Fabiano Malantrucco as Giulio, Francesco Lopez as Andrea, Elisabetta Rocchetti as Elena, and Enrico Silvestrin as Luca. Sergio Stivaletti was responsible for its special effects.

Here's a synopsis for The Last House in the Woods from the official website for the movie: "Aurora (Daniela Virgilio) and Rino (Daniele Grassetti) are two youngsters who decide to go look for a little privacy with their car in the woods one night. Unfortunately very soon a group of bullies (David Pietroni, Geremia Longobardo and Cristiano Callegaro) assaults them, and when everything seems lost, an older couple (Rino Diana and Santa De Santis) steps in and takes their defenses. Antonio and Clara, these are their names, invite Aurora and Rino to their house in the woods, to calm down and forget this bad moment. The two accept this kind invitation, soon to discover...."

For more information on The Last House in the Woods, see ScreenAnarchy's fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

The Last House in the Woods teaser trailer #2 (Italian w/ English subtitles; downloadable 4.6 MB MOV file)
The Last House in the Woods teaser trailer #2 (Italian w/ English subtitles; downloadable 5 MB WMV file)
The Last House in the Woods teaser trailer #1 (no dialogue; downloadable 3.8 MB WMV file)
The Last House in the Woods teaser trailer #1 (no dialogue; downloadable 2.2 MB MOV file)

The Last House in the Woods official website
Epcott: The Last House in the Woods Japanese sale DVD
YesAsia.com: The Last House in the Woods Japanese sale DVD
GOMORRAHY.com: The Last House in the Woods (w/ trailers, stills, etc.)