The Company of Wolves (1984)

September 15, 2008

The Company of Wolves (1984)

at 2:09 PM . September 15, 2008

The Company of Wolves (1984)

The film begins in the modern day. A young girl (Sarah Patterson) is dreaming.

In her dreams she lives in the middle of a dangerous, mysterious fairytale forest. The wolves in the forest have just killed her older sister (Georgia Slowe). After her sister's funeral, the girl - named Rosaleen - goes to stay with her Granny (Angela Lansbury). Granny knits Rosaleen a bright red shawl and as she does so, she also tells her a tale in order to warn her about werewolves.

In her tale, a young groom (Stephen Rea) is about to bed his new bride (Kathryn Pogson) when a 'call of nature' summons him outside. He completely disappears and his bride is terrified to see wolves howling outside. A search the following day yields a wolf paw print only. Years later, she remarries and has children, only to have her original husband finally return. Angered at her having had children with a new husband, the groom transforms into his werewolf form, but is slain when the new husband (Jim Carter) returns.

The next day, Rosaleen returns to her parents' village, where she encounters a young, amorous boy (Shane Johnstone) who clearly desires her. That night, Rosaleen wakes and happens to see her parents having sex. The next day, she questions her mother (Tusse Silberg) about the nature of sex. The amorous boy flirts with her again in the morning.

Visiting her grandmother again and sitting in the church graveyard, Rosaleen is told a second story.

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