Into the Forest is a 2015 Canadian apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Patricia Rozema, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Jean Hegland.
It stars Elliot Page[a] and Evan Rachel Wood as orphaned survivalist sisters in a forest without electrical power.
In the near future, two teenage sisters, Nell and Eva, live in a remotely located home with their father in a forest.
There is a massive, continent-wide power outage that appears to be part of a region-wide technological collapse.
Their father eventually gets the car working and they make it to the nearest town, where they buy supplies including gas from a man named Stan.
[1] Returning home, they see a stranded car and the girls' father offers to help the passengers, but the family move on after they brandish guns.
As a result, Nell boards up the house and brings a gun with her whenever venturing outside while Eva stays indoors.
Returning to their ruined home, Eva decides to burn the house down with the remaining gas so they will be safe because anyone passing by will think they died in a fire.
[7] Wood's methodical approach to getting into Eva's character included eating extremely small portions of food.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Into the Forest grounds its familiar apocalyptic framework with a relatable look at the bond between two sisters, compellingly brought to life by [Elliot] Page and Evan Rachel Wood.