Time of the Wolf

Name: Time of the Wolf
Genre: Drama
Released: June 25, 2004
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Hakim Taleb, Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Chéreau

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: June 25, 2004

Starring: Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Hakim Taleb, Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Chéreau

Summary: An apocalyptic calamity has left the people of Europe struggling to survive amidst drastic shortages of food and water. A couple decides to flee the city to their country house with what meager supplies they can find in hopes of protecting their children. To their surprise and horror they find the house already occupied by another equallyAn apocalyptic calamity has left the people of Europe struggling to survive amidst drastic shortages of food and water. A couple decides to flee the city to their country house with what meager supplies they can find in hopes of protecting their children. To their surprise and horror they find the house already occupied by another equally desperate family. The ensuing confrontation forever changes their -- setting them adrift in a chaotic, often indifferent world in which their survival hinges on the strained compassion of those they encounter. (Palm Pictures)… Expand

Director: Michael Haneke

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 114 min

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Scott Foundas

Haneke demonstrates profound insight into the essence of human behavior when all humility is pared away, raw panic and despair are the order of the day, and man becomes more like wolf than man. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

There are no zombies out of ''28 Days Later'' to alleviate the slow creep of realistic doom in this chilly, tense corker. Read full review

Ty Burr

Haneke has become known as a dour modern master of cinematic pain, and in this movie he scrubs civilization down to the root level. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Haneke's images are so bold and riveting and the characters' emotions are so raw that the lack of a few details doesn't matter. Read full review

Dana Stevens

You can feel frightened and disturbed by this movie without being especially moved by it. Read full review

Dallas Observer Staff (Not credited)

While it's sometimes tedious viewing, the film proves the perfect complement to this year's hyper-explained "The Day After Tomorrow;" it's utterly free of cheap melodrama and visual razzle-dazzle, concentrating instead on the souls of plausibly human sufferers. Read full review

Desson Thomson

I would rather have a more interesting group of desperate people to spend my post-apocalyptic time with. Read full review

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PeterA.

May 2, 2007

A wonderful film, scary, moving, unexplained, inexplicable, showing us the end of civilization as we know it, but with an unexpected note of optimism and beauty at the end. Huppert is marvelous and her two children are superb.

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FadeBlack

Oct 15, 2020

Sorry but did not understand the appeal of this movie at all. The atmosphere was just empty, the plot minimal, and I did not feel that it achieved anything or showed us anything interesting. Really did not work for me.

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