Hour of the Wolf

Hour of the Wolf

The hour of the wolf is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die, when sleep is the deepest, when nightmares feel most real.

196888 min7.4 / 10

A nightmarish psychological descent into madness and repressed desire, told through surreal imagery and fragmented narrative in stark black and white.

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

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