Program

WOLFHOUND Update: Audience Choice FOR BEST FEATURE FILM, Bronze Award Winner

Nikolai Lebedev, Russia, 2006, 136 min, Russian with English Subtitles, 35mm

Cast: Aleksandr Bukharov, Oksana Akinshina, Aleksandr Domogarov

Toronto Theatrical Premiere, One Screening Only
Tuesday, Oct 23 2007, 7.00pm, Bloor Cinema
$10 General, $8 Student

PRESS QUOTES

“Russia’s answer to LORD OF THE RINGS” –Variety

“A Bloody Good Adventure” –Fantasy Filmscapes.com

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CHUD.com, Daily Film Dose, 10 Movies To See Before You Die, Robin D Laws, Movie Moxie, Popjournalism

SYNOPSIS

Ahhh… the glory days of ’80s fantasy films. Where have you gone? It was a time when loin clothes were de rigueur, violence shockingly bloody, sorcerers evil (unless they were blind old men) and women as pure as virgin snow– except for the witches, of course! Fantasy these days has gone all high-brow so where’s a poor, BEASTMASTER-loving lad supposed to turn for a dose of adolescent wish fulfillment? The answer: Russia.

The sole survivor of the Gray Dog clan, the warrior Wolfhound lives for revenge. Nursed back to strength by a mystical druid after escaping a life of slavery in cruel mountain mines, he has spent years pursuing the villains who murdered his family before his very eyes during childhood. Now a paid mercenary, the fierce fighter is swept up into a battle to stop an evil sorcerer from freeing an ancient god of destruction accompanied only by a blind healer, a young scholar, and a beautiful slave.

One of the highest budget Russian films ever made, WOLFHOUND is pure sword and sorcery; filled with magic, prophecies, rock monsters, an unattainable beauty and –because every hero needs an animal sidekick – a friendly bat.
–Todd Brown

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