The viewer will be surprised by the opening credits, a friendly animated sequence reminiscent of the Pink Panther or a Jean Yanne film. Then, hold on to your seat: you’re in for ninety minutes of uninterrupted suspense, restlessness, and action throughout this film, which is very current with terrorism striking blindly all over.
The threat of spreading a virus is, unfortunately, also current and serves as a backdrop to this film: Felix and the Wolves. The eugenic theories are advanced by the cult of the Ark of the Wolves, which aims through a rigorous selection to create the origin of a new human. They play with genetics and science, and such theories are perilous for humanity.
Felix is the hero or anti-hero of this film. He is a biologist working in a military service but finds himself fired because he does not have the required qualifications for his job. Everything falls apart in his life; he decides to commit suicide and leaves his apartment to place some plants on the landing.
The door closes, and he is outside. A locksmith arrives to open his door, except the locksmith is primarily an artist who becomes his guardian angel and tries to prevent this man from committing suicide. Felix wakes up in the hospital and finds himself in a strange and secret place.
Then everything begins, and the spectator will live through the lanes of Nice and its carnival in this story where you have to be wary of the confetti, but we’ve said too much already. Go see this film where the tension is constant, bravo to Philippe Sisbane.
Let’s not forget the actors in this story, with Julien Baumgartner playing Felix, who seems in a trance from start to finish—a very tough role. A promising young talent, Alexis Gilot, plays the faux locksmith and loyal friend of Felix.
Thierry Jan