The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves
“ The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare. ”
CINEMA1984-09-21
RegionGB
Runtime95 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Neil Jordan’s dreamlike Gothic fantasy unravelling the sexual allegories of Little Red Riding Hood with painterly beauty.”
Storyline
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?
DIRECTOR / Director
Neil Jordan
KEYWORDS
dreamsgrandparent grandchild relationshipwolffairy talehalloweenlittle red riding hoodwerewolfirelandgrandmotherdark fairy taledark forestfairytale
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