Nathalie Biancheri’s latest has found a home. Focus Features acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Wolf,” a drama about a man convinced that he’s a wolf. Focus Features “will distribute the title in the US, with parent company Universal Pictures distributing in its international territories through Universal Pictures International,” Screen Daily reports. The deal excludes Russia, Turkey, Taiwan, and the Middle East.
Penned by Biancheri, the pic tells the story of a young man (George MacKay, “1917”) “who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body – a real-life condition known as species dysphoria. When sent to a clinic for treatment, he meets other patients with the same condition, who are forced to undergo extreme ‘curative’ therapies at the hands of cruel practitioner The Zookeeper,” the source summarizes.
Principal photography for “Wolf” wrapped in Ireland last week. Lily-Rose Depp (“The King”) co-stars.
Biancheri’s other credits include documentary “I Was Here” and drama “Nocturnal.”
“I thought today randomly that I would love, after ‘Wolf,’ to make a film with nothing, no budget, and self-shoot,” Biancheri said last month. “To be a good director you need to retain humility. Sometimes you look at directors that you love and feel like they lost that. They started their career and they were truthful to their craft, but later in their career you think where did that go? I have always felt that documentary is such a humbling experience because no ego – you look, observe, learn, find, be quiet, and discover, and then shape it. It is like an ice pool,” she explained. “You dip yourself in like once in a while amidst features. Especially if you happen to be, hopefully, progressing and being able to make bigger things, then maybe also make something smaller and keep yourself in check.”