Teddy (Anthony Bajon) is a young troublemaker in a French small town, but not really a bad guy, just someone who feels misunderstood - and basically he is misunderstood because his foster father (Ludovic Torrent) is slighty mentally challenged and taken for the village idiot. But he's a good boyfriend to high school student Rebecca (Christine Gautier) and plans a future with her, and at the massage parlor he works at he does at least an acceptable job, even though his boss Ghislaine (Noémie Lvovsky) doesn't make his life easy on one hand, and repeatedly tries to seduce him on the other. Then one day, in the woods, he's bitten for something, probably a wolf spotted in the area, and things change for him, he grows hair on his tongue, at night he often finds himself sleeping outside without him knowing how he got there, and what's worse, he often finds scratches and/or traces of blood on his body - but that said, usually after such episodes he feels great. Then one day, Ghislaine is found brutally murdered, and since he was last seen with her, he's the logical suspect. The next day, Rebecca breaks up with him, and what's worse, he spots her being intimate with her childhood friend Benjamin (Guillaume Mattera). But that night's full moon, and Teddy knows Rebecca and Benjamin will go to their school's bingo night later on, so he follows them - and turns into a wolf when bingo's in full swing, with the expected bloody results ...

A very interesting take on the werewolf genre, as this movie doesn't care so much about the creature of the creature feature - so much so that the werewolf is never shown in full - but about the psychology behind it and also the society it's placed in ... which actually sounds much too brain-heavy to aptly describe the film as it's actually wickedly funny without being moronic, and has a heart to it as well, as despite all his fallability, the titular Teddy's actually a very relatable character going through entirely relatable issues - with lycanthropy of course poured on top of everything else. And thanks to a subtle direction and a competent cast, this has turned out to be a rather unusual but very entertaining genre film.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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