Today’s TV tip offers a first-class star cast, stylish staging, martial arts action and a dark, dense atmosphere. We’re talking about the Pact of the Wolves. The 2001 French fantasy film processes a real story into a genre mix worth seeingwhich has not lost any of its excitement even more than 20 years later.
The fantasy film deals with the story of the beast of Gévaudan
In Pact of the Wolves, Christophe Gans (Silent Hill) and co-author Stéphane Cabel process the story of the Beast of the Gévaudan, a predator that is said to have claimed the lives of 100 people in the 1760s.
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In this version of the story, the scientist Grégoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) and his follower, the Iroquois Mani (Mark Dacascos), are sent by the king to get to the bottom of the bloody events. During their investigation, they stumble upon a decadent nobleman (Vincent Cassel), a fanatical priest (Jean-François Stévenin), a courtesan (Monica Bellucci) and a mystical secret society.
The handsome effects used a mix of CGI and animatronic puppets from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, which previously brought to life projects as diverse as The Dinosaurs, The Witches, and The Dark Crystal. With that, Gans and his team created one dark fantasy film on Hollywood levelwho was also making waves in the US (and recommended Goose for the job on the Silent Hill film adaptation).
Here’s how to watch The Pact of the Wolves
The Pact of Wolves will today, August 21, from 10:35 p.m. on kabel eins aired. The broadcaster shows the theatrical version for those aged 16 and over.
The director’s cut of the fantasy film was only released in Germany this year. This version of the film, approved by Christophe Gans, has a running time of around 151 minutes and is available in Germany on Blu-ray and in 4K.
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