***WINNER – Best Feature Film– Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Combining stop-motion, painting, and photography, this exquisitely handcrafted animation tells the story of Maria, a young woman who finds refuge in a house in the south of Chile after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics. She is welcomed into the home by two pigs, the only inhabitants of the place. Like in a dream, the universe of the house reacts to Maria’s feelings. The animals transform slowly into humans and the house becomes a nightmarish world.
Inspired on the actual case of Colonia Dignidad, “The Wolf House” masquerades as an animated fairy tale produced by the leader of the sect in order to indoctrinate its followers. It’s film of constant disorienting transformations and smothering claustrophobia, showing the spirit of unsettling experimental animation found in the works of the Brothers Quay, Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica, and Jan Švankmajer is alive and well.
Freaky Fridays ticket prices include a free popcorn and soda or lemonade for all attendees! Alcohol can be purchased at Eden Bar. Regular food service will not be available for Freaky Friday events. So, come early, and fuel up outside for the night ahead!
2018, 73 minutes, Chile/Germany, In Spanish and German with English Subtitles, Directed by Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León, Not Rated
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“Brilliant…really one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen!”
– Ari Aster, Director (Midsommar, Hereditary) -
“If an Orwellian fable were to be visualized by a surrealist in the vein of Salvador Dali, the result would look and feel something like “The Wolf House,” a jaw-dropping marriage of various animation techniques”
—Tomris Laffly, VARIETY -
"Its visual landscape is unlike any I've experienced...managed to hold me in a constant state of gobsmacked awe."
—Matt Fagerholm, ROGEREBERT.COM -
"Mind-bending visuals and a crazy true story make 'The Wolf House' entirely unique. You must see this contender for best animated film of the year. Score: A"
—James Verniere, BOSTON HERALD -
"Unabashed freakiness...the sheer creativity that fills every frame of 'The Wolf House' should be seen and celebrated by everyone."
—Lee Jutton, FILM INQUIRY -
"Deeply uncanny...makes for an unsettling viewing experience, a creative tour de force whose endlessly fascinating visuals are deliberately seductive and repellant in equal measure."
—Jonathan Holland, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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