The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf (Le Grand Méchant Loup, 2013) is a French tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Bruno Lavaine and Nicolas Charlet. Think of the Three Little Pigs grown up and middle-aged: three brothers, three settled lives, and one temptation circling each of them like the wolf at the door.

Henri, Philippe and Louis are comfortable, bourgeois men in their forties — until their mother slips into a coma. The shock cracks their routines open. One drifts into an affair, another starts doubting his marriage, the third suddenly has no idea what he wants from his life at all. Benoît Poelvoorde, Kad Merad and Fred Testot play the trio, while Valérie Donzelli and Charlotte Le Bon bring the women who upend them.

It's a comedy about male panic dressed up as a fairy tale, where the laughs sit right next to real confusion. Best for fans of French ensemble films about family, infidelity and growing up two decades too late. Stream The Big Bad Wolf (2013) online on iFILM.