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The Wolves (2014 film)

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The Wolves
FrenchLes Loups
Directed bySophie Deraspe
Written bySophie Deraspe
Produced byMarc Daigle
Sophie Salbot
StarringEvelyne Brochu
Louise Portal
Benoît Gouin
CinematographyPhilippe Lavalette
Edited byAmrita David
Music byDavid Trescos
Production
company
Distributed byLes Films Séville
Release date
  • December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06) (Whistler)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Wolves (French: Les Loups) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sophie Deraspe and released in 2014.[1] Set in Grande-Entrée on the Magdalen Islands of Quebec, the film stars Evelyne Brochu as Élie, a woman who arrives from Montreal during the annual seal hunt and upsets the balance of the community due to her status as an outsider.[2]

The cast also includes Louise Portal, Benoît Gouin, Gilbert Sicotte, Cindy-Mae Arsenault, Augustin Legrand, Patrice Bissonnette, Martin Dubreuil, Stéphane Gagnon, Ungalaaq Avingaq and Marc-André Leblanc.

The film premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2014 Whistler Film Festival,[3] and went into commercial release in Quebec in February 2015.[4] It also received international screenings at the Cannes Film Market,[5] and at the 2015 Torino Film Festival, where it was the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize.[6]

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