Movie

Wolf

2021 · 100 min

A cold, unsettling plunge into institutional cruelty and fragile self-belief, hypnotic and uncomfortable, with moments of tender, feral intimacy.

Tagline: Once upon a time, there was a wolf and a wildcat...
Overview: Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace 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.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, freedom, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
freedom
obsession
madness
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild