THE FOREST OF THE WOLF

In 19th century rural Spain, an impoverished peddler and petty thief who suffers from frequent seizures may—or may not—be a werewolf. Nevertheless, he is often overcome by an animalistic urge to kill, resulting in superstition and panic in the nearby villages. The first in a series of dark folk horror films by multiple Goya Award-winning filmmaker Pedro Olea, THE FOREST OF THE WOLF (El Bosque del Lobo) is a cold and unsettling portrait of a serial killer set against a backdrop of religious conservatism.