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THE COMPANY OF WOLVES

1984 • GB HMDB
September 21, 1984

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

Directors

Neil Jordan

Cast

Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Kathryn Pogson, Stephen Rea, Tusse Silberg, Micha Bergese, Georgia Slowe
Fantasy Horror

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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A teenager with family problems has a dream that leads him to relive the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" as the protagonist, with a wolf, or rather werewolves thirsty for blood... "The Company of Wolves", awarded at its release by English critics for best direction, is a provocative and surreal fairy tale, a story in which the protagonist, through the knowledge of the world of wolves, learns to know that of men. Inspired by the novel "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter - but also, or perhaps above all, by the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" - Jordan's film is rather discontinuous (useless and rather tedious most of the central sequences), but offers some moments of suggestive fantastic and dreamlike intensity. Excellent special effects and makeup, diligent, precise and effective as always the performance of Angela Lansbury in the role of the old granny. Recommended.