THE WOLF’S CALL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

François Civil (As Above, So Below), Omar Sy (The Intouchables), Mathieu Kassovitz (Amelie), Reda Kateb (A Prophet), Paula Beer (Never Look Away), Alexis Michalik (At Eternity’s Gate), Jean-Yves Berteloot (Hereafter), Damien Bonnard (Staying Vertical)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Antonin Baudry (film debut), director, writer Alain Attal (Tell No One) and Jérôme Seydoux (Nothing To Declare), producers; Thomas Hajdu (The Strangers) and Andy Milburn (47 Metres Down), composers; Pierre Cottereau (Café de Flore), cinematographer; Nassim Gordji Tehrani (The Gilded Cage) and Saar Klein (Almost Famous), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When a French submarine finds itself in a crisis situation, the vessel’s sonar expert Chanteraide (Civil) must use his brilliant sense of hearing to prevent a potential nuclear attack…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

France’s answer to its neighbour Germany’s Das Boot is a gripping, intense, and above all entertaining submarine thriller that anyone of any language can enjoy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2019

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