THE MAIDEN AND THE WOLVES

Synopsis / At the end of World War I, Angele is 20 years old and she is determined to become the first veterinarian woman. Her life is an adventurous one and she becomes the object of ruthless rivalry between the man she is supposed to marry, a visionary but unscrupulous industrialist and a simple man who has withdrawn to the mountains to live among wolves, away from the madness of humans. Angèle exploits this rivalry to attain her real goal: saving the wolves.

Directed by /

Gilles Legrand

Written by /

Gilles Legrand, Philippe Vuaillat

Cast /

Laetitia Casta, Jean-Paul Rouve, Stefano Accorsi, Michel Galabru, Patrick Chesnais, Lorànt Deutsch, Miglen Mirtchev

Coproduction /

Epithète Films, France 3 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma and Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Distribution /

Warner Bros. Entertainment France

International sales /

Le Petit Bureau

Release date /

13 February 2008

Awards and festivals /

Prix du meilleur film étranger Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, USA, 2008
Trento Film Festival, Italie, 2008
AS Tallinnfilm, Estonie, 2008
Festival du film français de Bangkok, Thaïlande, 2008
Cinemania Film Festival, Canada, 2008
Festival of New French Cinema de Chicago, USA, 2008
Festival du film français au Japon, 2008
Panorama du cinéma français en Chine, 2008