Movie about a man in a car trying to run away from a forest

Question

Years ago, I caught a glimpse of a movie my father was watching on TV. It was a man driving a car in the middle of a forest, on some forest road. I don't know if he was alone or with a woman.

He was in a hurry, like he was trying to escape and stopped near a tree, where the road was forking. He then carved a sign with his knife, to know that he already was here and drove off, taking the road on the right. The camera didn't move and soon the man came again from the left side. The scene happend during a day.

This is the only thing I remember from that movie. Does anybody know anything? I think the forest may have been changing to trap the man inside? Or it may have been some story about the nature taking revenge on the people.

Answer 1

Perhaps Long Weekend?

Long Weekend is an ecologically-themed 1978 Australian psychological horror film directed by Colin Eggleston and starring John Hargreaves and Briony Behets.

The story concerns a couple in a disintegrating marriage, Peter (Hargreaves) and Marcia (Behets), who, along with their dog, go for a weekend camping trip. The couple, especially Peter, take out their frustrations on the natural environment, committing such crimes against the environment as killing a dugong, throwing lit cigarette butts in dry bush, and spraying insecticide. As tensions between the couple escalate, nature is not pleased with their environmental wrongdoing and starts to strike back, first by an eagle and possum attacking Peter, and then through more insidious means.

The entry in Going in Circles is where I found it:

When Peter and Marcia are trying find Lunda Beach, Marcia's tells him they are driving in circles, as they've passed the same tree multiple times. Later, when Peter is attempting to escape he beach, he stops to refill the car's rank and drops the empty fuel can by the side of the track. He drives off, but a few minutes later her finds himself driving past the bright orange fuel can.

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