Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Original title: Le Pacte des loups
Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French-language adventure movie directed by Christophe Gans, with a running time of 2h 31m. It stars Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel and Émilie Dequenne.
Eighteenth-century France, and a monstrous beast is tearing through the province of Gevaudan, leaving hundreds dead and the countryside gripped by superstition. The king dispatches the naturalist Chevalier de Fronsac and his Iroquois blood-brother Mani to hunt it down, but the deeper they dig, the more the killings look like the design of men rather than any wolf. Christophe Gans folds period costume drama, kung fu, conspiracy thriller and creature horror into one lavish, mud-and-velvet spectacle, with Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci.
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What is Brotherhood of the Wolf about?
Eighteenth-century France, and a monstrous beast is tearing through the province of Gevaudan, leaving hundreds dead and the countryside gripped by superstition. The king dispatches the naturalist Chevalier de Fronsac and his Iroquois blood-brother Mani to hunt it down, but the deeper they dig, the more the killings look like the design of men rather than any wolf. Christophe Gans folds period costume drama, kung fu, conspiracy thriller and creature horror into one lavish, mud-and-velvet spectacle, with Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci.
When was Brotherhood of the Wolf released?
Brotherhood of the Wolf was released on 31 January 2001.
How long is Brotherhood of the Wolf?
Brotherhood of the Wolf runs 2h 31m.
Who made Brotherhood of the Wolf?
Brotherhood of the Wolf was directed by Christophe Gans.
Where can I watch Brotherhood of the Wolf?
Brotherhood of the Wolf is available on Philo, Prime Video, Shout! Factory TV (Via Amazon Prime, Amazon Freevee, Fawesome and Kanopy.
Where to watch Brotherhood of the Wolf
Stream: Philo, Prime Video, Shout! Factory TV (Via Amazon Prime
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Cast
- Samuel Le Bihan as Grégoire de Fronsac
- Vincent Cassel as Jean-François de Morangias
- Émilie Dequenne as Marianne de Morangias
- Monica Bellucci as Sylvia
- Jérémie Renier as Thomas d'Apcher
- Mark Dacascos as Mani
- Jean Yanne as Le Comte de Morangias
- Jean-François Stévenin as Sardis
- Johan Leysen as Beauterne
- Jacques Perrin as Thomas Agé
- Bernard Farcy as Laffont
- Édith Scob as Mme de Morangias
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A few thoughts on Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the obvious next stop, a monster hunter working a superstitious countryside where the real horrors keep turning out human. For the period-detective spine under the gore, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories share the pleasure of a rational man facing a supposedly supernatural killer. Bloodborne pushes the same gothic beast-hunt into full nightmare.
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Games where you're the professional monster hunter for hire
Brotherhood of the Wolf sends Fronsac and Mani to track a beast plaguing the countryside, part naturalist study, part hunt. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt puts you in the same monster-slaying trade across a plagued continent, Bloodborne turns hunting beasts into its entire nightmare logic, God of War casts its lead against monstrous gods, and Skyrim lets you become the land's own dragon-slaying legend.
Creature features where the countryside turns lethal
Brotherhood of the Wolf keeps its countryside gripped by a beast nobody can explain, and these creature features chase that same dread. Werewolves and Wolves both let a rural community turn hunting ground, The Horde traps its cast between a robbery and a horde of the undead, and Primeval and Monster Island send ordinary people up against something that should not exist.