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The Mouth of the Wolf
The Mouth of the Wolf
8.1
/10
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THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF

La bocca del lupo

Directed by Pietro Marcello
Italy, France, 2009
Romance, LGBTQ+, Documentary, Biography

Synopsis

Enzo returns to Genoa after a lengthy absence. He crosses the city in search of places he remembers from before but they have been changed by passing time. He finds Mary waiting for him at their small house in the ghetto. His life-long companion, she has been waiting for Enzo to return from prison.

Synopsis

Enzo returns to Genoa after a lengthy absence. He crosses the city in search of places he remembers from before but they have been changed by passing time. He finds Mary waiting for him at their small house in the ghetto. His life-long companion, she has been waiting for Enzo to return from prison.

Our take

A breakthrough work of docu-fiction, Pietro Marcello’s The Mouth of the Wolf expertly balances various timelines with archival research to explore the relationship between two wayward souls trying to find themselves. A collage of visual memories, hauntingly suspended between dreams and and reality.