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  • 2015
  • R
  • RADiUS-TWC
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • RADiUS-TWC
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary A teenage girl's sexual awakening unleashes something primal within, revealing a dark family secret. On the run and in mortal danger, embracing a century’s old curse will be her only way to survive. [RADiUS-TWC]

Directed By: Jonas Alexander Arnby

Written By: Rasmus Birch, Christoffer Boe, Jonas Alexander Arnby

  • 2015
  • R
  • RADiUS-TWC
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • RADiUS-TWC
  • 1 h 24 m

When Animals Dream

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary A teenage girl's sexual awakening unleashes something primal within, revealing a dark family secret. On the run and in mortal danger, embracing a century’s old curse will be her only way to survive. [RADiUS-TWC]

Directed By: Jonas Alexander Arnby

Written By: Rasmus Birch, Christoffer Boe, Jonas Alexander Arnby

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Metascore
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75
Aug 27, 2015
The gore is there, as are the transformation sequences, but they’re played in such a muted fashion that their more visceral pleasures are somewhat mitigated. But viewers who check their expectations will find a solid entry into the burgeoning feminist werewolf sub-genre that’s well worth a look.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 27, 2015
Though the careful mood is invariably dissipated when it comes time to kill, kill, kill, Arnby's ace in the hole remains Suhl, a young actress of Streep-ian intensity.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 27, 2015
When Animals Dream is a beguiling parable of cruelty and the resistance to it. Its special effects are pretty minimal, its scope is modest, and it is, in the end, more touching than terrifying, intent on jolting its audience not with dread but with compassion.
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50
Aug 23, 2015
The film is one long funereal slog in which the main character discovers something about herself that's almost immediately apparent.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
42
Sep 1, 2015
It’s a narrative vacuum big enough to make you mad at this melancholy werewolf drama for not being, at the very least, good.
By Nikola Grozdanovic FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 26, 2015
An eerie, imported horror tale that’s rich with tone but otherwise lacking bite.
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Aug 25, 2015
Avoiding the genre's typical werewolfism-as-puberty metaphors, director Jonas Alexander Arnby instead casts his material as a drawn-out character study — the problem being that his characters are all one-note dullards, which turns his slow, portent-heavy drama into a giant slog.
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Production Company AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen, Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio (DR), B Media Global, Backup Media, Nordisk Film Production
Release Date Aug 28, 2015
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating R
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Tagline The truth is known to all but one
Website http://www.gaumont.fr/fr/film/When-animals-dream.html
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Awards

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 3 Nominations

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