Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Time of the Wolf 2003

Product Details     The French title is Le Temps du loup.  A disturbing tale of a family forced into a harrowing confrontation with a strangers set against the backdrop of a global apocalypse.  A shaken family slowly makes their way to the presumed safety of their holiday home in the French countryside.  Upon arrival, the family discovers their home inhabited by strangers, a woman, a man and two children. The man greets them with a gun, he wants them to leave and give him the supplies they have brought with them.  Just a few sentences later the man kills the homeowner leaving his wife and two children with just a bicycle and their clothing.  It seems their only chance for survival is to find a nearby train station and hope a train will be coming.
     This movie has a lot of gaps, what caused the disaster, will it make any difference in their situation if they are able to board a train?  Is it better in another area?  They meet a lot of other people but it's vague about their relationships and motives?  It's very weird to try to put this together and make sense, it has come up on my weird meter!!  3* (This movie is OK)

109 min, Drama directed by Michael Haneke with Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Patrice Chereau, Beatrice Dalle, Anais Demoustier, Daniel Duval, Marlyne Even, Oliver Gourmet, Rona Hartner.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 6.4 out of 10, 62% critic 66% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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