The Company of Wolves


The Company of Wolves is a 1984 British Gothic fantasyhorror film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea and David Warner. It was written by Angela Carter and Jordan.

In the present day, a young girl named Rosaleen Sarah Patterson dreams that she lives in a fairytale forest with her parents Tusse Silberg and David Warner and sister Georgia Slowe, but one day her sister is killed by wolves. While her parents are mourning, Rosaleen goes to live with her grandmother Angela Lansbury, who knits a bright red shawl for her granddaughter to wear. The superstitious old woman gives Rosaleen an ominous warning, to beware men whose eyebrows meet. Rosaleen returns to her village, but finds that she must deal with the advances of an amorous boy Shane Johnstone. Rosaleen and the boy take a walk through the forest, but the boy discovers that the villages cattle have come under attack from a wolf. The villagers set out to hunt the wolf, but once caught and killed, the wolfs corpse transforms into that of a human being.Rosaleen later takes a basket of goods through the woods to her grandmothers cottage, but on her way she encounters an attractive huntsman Micha Bergese, whose eyebrows meet. He challenges her, saying that he can find his way to her grandmothers house before she can, and the pair set off. The hunter arrives at Rosaleens grandmothers house first, where he reveals his bestial nature and kills her. Rosaleen arrives later and discovers the carnage, but her need to avenge her grandmother is complicated by her desire for the hunter. In the ensuing scuffle, Rosaleen succeeds in shooting the huntsman with his own rifle. But instead of dying, the hunter contorts in pain and transforms into his wolf shape. Rosaleen takes pity on the wounded beast, noting that his pack is leaving him behind. She sits down, and begins petting the wolf kindly and tenderly while telling him a story. ........

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