Wolf

Jacob is a boy who believes he’s a wolf trapped in a human body. We meet him in a clinic, nicknamed ‘The Zoo’, that specialises in curing his disorder - species dysphoria. Unlike his teenage peers who progressively ‘renounce’ their animal selves, Jacob gets further and further away from being ‘cured’. Given the chance to howl, to behave like a wolf, he feels liberated. The only respite to his ever-growing restlessness is Wildcat, a 22 year-old, enigmatic patient with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops to infatuation. Can he renounce his true self, for love? Can he live life repressing who he is?

[Screen Ireland]