WOLF
synopsis
Jacob believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, a real-life condition known as species dysphoria. When his distraught family send him to a clinic which specialises in the treatment of the disorder, he meets the other patients - Duck, Panda, Horse, Parrot, Spider and German Shepherd - who all self-identify as another species. Together they are forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper, whose methods are unconventional and cruel. The only respite to this ever growing restlessness is the enigmatic Wildcat with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation. But can he renounce his true self for love and will he ever be able to deny the being inside?
international title: | Wolf |
original title: | Wolf |
country: | Ireland, Poland |
sales agent: | Bankside Films |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nathalie Biancheri |
film run: | 98' |
screenplay: | Nathalie Biancheri |
cast: | George MacKay, Lily-Rose Depp, Terry Notary, Paddy Considine, Martin McCann, Fionn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew, Eileen Walsh, Senan Jennings, John Wolfe |
cinematography by: | John Wolfe |
film editing: | Andonis Trattos |
art director: | Joe Fallover |
music: | Stefan Wesolowski |
producer: | Jane Doolan, Jessie Fisk |
executive producer: | Phil Hunt, Compton Ross |
associate producer: | Tom Harberd |
line producer: | Ailish Bracken |
production: | Feline Films, Lava Films |
backing: | Eurimages |