Brotherhood of the Wolf (French: Le pacte des loups) is a 2001 steampunk French film. It is loosely based on the book L'Innocence des loups ("The Innocence of the Wolves"), by the French zoologist Michel Louis, a study about a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan.
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| - Brotherhood of the Wolf (French: Le pacte des loups) is a 2001 steampunk French film. It is loosely based on the book L'Innocence des loups ("The Innocence of the Wolves"), by the French zoologist Michel Louis, a study about a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan.
- The film is loosely based on a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend of the Beast of Gévaudan; parts of the film were shot at Château de Roquetaillade. The film has several extended swashbuckling fight scenes, with martial arts performances by the cast mixed in, making it unusual for a historical drama. It was well-received with critics praising its high production values, cinematography, performances and Gans' atmospheric direction.
- French film - original title Le Pacte des Loups - released in 2001. Very loosely based on the real, historical mystery of "the beast of Gévaudan" - a creature which allegedly killed almost 100 people, most of them women and children, over a three year period in a remote, rural area of France. In the summer of 1764, King Louis XV arranged a great hunt, and a wolf claimed to be the beast was slain, but subsequently more killings took place. "The beast" has never been identified.
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| - The film is loosely based on a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend of the Beast of Gévaudan; parts of the film were shot at Château de Roquetaillade. The film has several extended swashbuckling fight scenes, with martial arts performances by the cast mixed in, making it unusual for a historical drama. The $29 million-budgeted film was a relative international box office success, grossing over $70 million in worldwide theatrical release. In the United States, the film also enjoyed big commercial success; Universal Pictures paid $2 million to acquire the film's US distribution rights and it went on to gross $11,260,096 in limited theatrical release in the United States, making it the second highest-grossing French-language film in the United States since 1980. (The film also did brisk video and DVD sales in the United States.) It was well-received with critics praising its high production values, cinematography, performances and Gans' atmospheric direction.
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (French: Le pacte des loups) is a 2001 steampunk French film. It is loosely based on the book L'Innocence des loups ("The Innocence of the Wolves"), by the French zoologist Michel Louis, a study about a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan.
- French film - original title Le Pacte des Loups - released in 2001. Very loosely based on the real, historical mystery of "the beast of Gévaudan" - a creature which allegedly killed almost 100 people, most of them women and children, over a three year period in a remote, rural area of France. In the summer of 1764, King Louis XV arranged a great hunt, and a wolf claimed to be the beast was slain, but subsequently more killings took place. "The beast" has never been identified. The hero of the film is nobleman Grégoire de Fronsac, who's a soldier/scientist/taxidermist recently returned from Colonial America with his Sidekick the wise kung fu Indian Mani. Fronsac and Mani are quickly enlisted to hunt down the beast and study it. Along the way, they encounter a myserious group of gypsies and a number of French aristocrats who may or may not be behind the beast's attacks. Vincent Cassel plays a one-armed hunting enthusiast who also takes an interest in the beast. Monica Bellucci also stars as a seductive Italian prostitute who is far more than she seems. Overall, the film is notable for cramming just about every possible genre it can into its rather generous running time. It's a kung fu film, a monster movie, a mystery, a romance, a political thriller and a historical epic all rolled into one great big hodge-podge.
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