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Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Pierre Lavit Jacques as Jacques. Bernard Farcy Laffont as Laffont. Christophe Gans. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In something was stalking the mountains of central France.
A 'beast' that pounced on humans and animals with terrible ferocity. Indeed they beast became so notorious that the King of France dispatched envoys to find out what was happening and to kill the creature. By the end, the Beast of Gevaudan had killed over people. To this day, no one is entirely sure what it was, a wolf? The Beast is a popular myth in France, albeit one rooted firmly in reality; somewhat surprisingly it is little known to the outside world, and perhaps incredibly it has never been made into a movie.
Until now. Based on the true story of the Beast of the Gevaudan that terrorized France in the eighteenth century, the movie aims to tell first and explain afterwards.
In the first part, a special envoy of the King of France, altogether biologist, explorer and philosopher, arrives in the Gevaudan region, in the mountainous central part of France. The Beast has been attacking women and children for months and nobody has been able to harm it or even take a good look at it. In the second part, our hero Chevalier de Fronsac will not only have to fight the Beast, but also ignorance, bigotry and conspiracy and will rely on two women, one an aristocrat, the other a prostitute, as well as the enigmatic Mani, an Iroquois he met in New-France Canada.
The year is The hunt for a killer has begun. Action Adventure Drama Horror Thriller. Did you know Edit. Goofs Mani would not have been called a "Mohawk", even by the Chevalier De Fronsac, as this tribe had not yet been granted this official unique name. In French, he would have been called an "Agnier", "Iroquois" or simply "Indien". Quotes Mani : All women have the same color when the candle is out.
Alternate versions The DVD version of the film contains five deleted scenes, commented on by director Christophe Gans, that were cut from the movie for reasons of pacing or character continuity: An extended version of the fight sequence the opens the film between Mani Mark Decascos and the highwaymen. In the extended version, Fronsac Samuel le Bihan ends up assisting Mani in defeating them.
In the film version, Mani fights alone. A raven assists Mani in finding the body of a shepherdhess, the beast's most recent victim. In the film, the body is found much later on than when this scene would have led the audience to believe. Sardis Jean-Francois Stevenin warns Fronsac about continuing his affair with Marianne Emilie Dequenne , saying that he doubts Fronsac has the moral character required to be with such a woman.
A tender scene between Fronsac and Marianne on a frozen pond covered in fog. A scene set in La Teissier's where Sylvia Monica Bellucci reveals to Fronsac that the rooms in the bordello are equipped with two-way mirrors. She shows him a room where a friend of the Morangais family is involved in a bizarre sadomasochistic encounter.
Connections Featured in Le pacte des loups - Les coulisses du tournage Soundtracks Once uncredited by Felicia Sorensen. User reviews Review. Top review. Unique adventure movie, solid all around. Le Pacte des Loups is a fairly impressive movie. What other movie can spend two and a half hours on a ravaging monster fought by a scientist and his loyal Iroqois "brother" in 18th century France, and keep its audience enraptured?
Its plot is a bit obscure in places, admittedly, leaving the audience not so much in suspense as confusion, but this is the unconventionality that comes with such a unique work. The acting was a bit above average, the actors and actresses combining well with the enchanting atmosphere and succeeding in making memorable characters. The score also contributes to the film's mysterious mood, and great cinematography although occasionally overdone helps it out too.
While all this goes a long way to making a great film, it is the dazzling action sequences that make it a classic.
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