The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

2013 · 107 min · FR · 5.2 (118 votes)
Dir. Bruno Lavaine, Nicolas Charlet · Starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Kad Merad, Fred Testot, Valérie Donzelli, Charlotte Le Bon, Zabou Breitman · Music Éric Neveux
ComedyRomance

Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf!

VIBE

A darkly comedic exploration of bourgeois ennui. It feels like a thoughtful, slightly uncomfortable dive into unexpected desires and the quiet desperation of middle age, wrapped in a quirky, character-focused package.

melancholicwryexistentialawkwardsteadyindie dramedycharacter-drivenquirkyfamilyexistentialismmidlife crisisforbidden love
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