Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Synopsis
In 1764 something was stalking the mountains of
central France. A 'beast' that pounced on humans and animals with
terrible ferocity. Indeed they beast became so notorious that the King
of France dispatched envoys to find out what was happening and to kill
the creature. By the end, the Beast of Gevaudan had killed over 100
people.To this day, no one is entirely sure what it was, a wolf? a
hyena? or something supernatural? The Beast is a popular myth in France,
albeit one rooted firmly in reality; somewhat surprisingly it is little
known to the outside world, and perhaps incredibly it has never been
made into a movie. Until now. Based on the true story of the Beast of
the Gevaudan that terrorized France in the eighteenth century, the movie
aims to tell first and explain afterwards. In the first part, a special
envoy of the King of France, altogether biologist, explorer and
philosopher, arrives in the Gevaudan region, in the mountainous central
part of France. The Beast has been ...
