Wolf
[Opens Dec. 3 in theaters.] When a distraught, troubled teenager (George MacKay), who suffers from species dysphoria disorder and is convinced he is a howling wolf, is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his concerned mother (Helen Bahen) with other disturbed patients (Fionn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew, Terry Notary, Senan Jennings, Karise Yansen, Amy Macken, Elsa Fionuir, Darragh Shannon, et al.) who believe they are animals in Nathalie Biancheri's compelling, gritty, moving, dark, well-acted, original, thought-provoking, 98-minute film, he falls for another patient (Lily-Rose Depp) who believes she is a wildcat as they are brutally mistreated by the sadistic, mean-spirited, callous, "zookeeper" psychologist (Paddy Considine) who uses controversial and unconventional methods while his burnt-out therapist assistant (Eileen Walsh) relies on her own more humane treatments.
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