Time of the Wolf Movie Review 2003

City family on a weekend outing to their country home discover it occupied by squatters after an unspecified widespread disaster. Dad (Duval) tries to dispel any potential violence but is shot dead for his trouble, with the rest of the family escaping to find a suddenly very different, very dangerous outside world. They set out on a nightmarish journey across desolate and unfamiliar landscape where survival is never certain. Harsh apocalyptic vision is reminiscent of "Night of the Living Dead" and Godard's "Weekend." Austrian director Haneke is great at creating a very realistic and claustrophobic atmosphere.

Distribution

Palm Pictures, 727 N. Hudston St., Ste. 100, Chicago, IL 60610, Phone: (312)751-0020, Fax: (312)751-2483

Available on DVD
Running time 113 minutes.
Originally from French, Austrian, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Drama, Post-Apocalypse, Road Trip, Widows & Widowers, Big Ideas

Screenplay

Michael Haneke

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Patrice Chereau, Beatrice Dalle, Daniel Duval, Olivier Gourmet, Rona Hartner, Anais Demoustier, Maryline Even, Brigitte Rouan, Florence Loiret-Caille

Cinematography

Jurgen Jurges

Director

Michael Haneke

Other

Guillaume Sciama, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Monika Willi, Nadine Muse, Lisy Christl

Producer

Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka, France 3 Cinema, Arte France Cinema, Canal Plus, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Palm Pictures