Wolf

Wolf (2021), a psychological drama from director Nathalie Biancheri, is available to watch online on iFILM. Jacob is convinced he is a wolf born by mistake into a human body. His family commits him to a remote clinic where doctors promise to "cure" patients who believe they are animals.

The treatment here runs on pain. George MacKay plays Jacob, broken down by the Zookeeper — Paddy Considine — through ever-harsher methods, from humiliation to outright cruelty. His one comfort is an elusive young woman known as Wildcat (Lily-Rose Depp), who prowls the dim corridors with him after lights-out. Their odd closeness deepens against every rule and locked door.

Filmed in Ireland as a British-Irish-Polish co-production, the movie uses an uneasy metaphor to talk about the body, identity and the right to be who you are. MacKay carries long stretches with almost no dialogue, all of it in the body. Slow, strange and not for everyone. Stream Wolf (2021) online on iFILM.