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Time of the Wolf (2003)

Time of the Wolf poster
Original title
Le temps du loup
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Genre
drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
Germany, France, Austria
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 214 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family arrives at their vacation home to find it taken over by strangers. They try to survive in a countryside that has fallen into lawlessness and scarcity.

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What happens

Time of the Wolf (French: Le temps du loup) is a 2003 French dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. Set in France at an undisclosed time, the plot follows the story of a family: Georges (Daniel Duval), Anne (Isabelle Huppert), and their two children, Eva (Anaïs Demoustier) and Ben (Lucas Biscombe). The film also stars Olivier Gourmet and Serge Riaboukine. The film takes its title from Völuspá, an ancient Norse poem which describes the time before the Ragnarök. It received positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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