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s Felix Vasquez gave the film a mostly positive review, calling it "a grim, bleak, and original peak into the rare disease of lycanthropy, and posits a new take on the werewolf genre; while noting the film's plot holes, and 'confusing' characterizations.
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commended the film for its cinematography, visual and audio effects, as well as Sands' and Pataky's performances; but felt that the romance was underdeveloped, stating that the script covered too much ground and lacked "dramatic focus". Jon Condit of
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rated the film a score of four out of five, offering similar praise, also commending its gothic atmosphere and historical and scientific context, while criticizing the film's slow pacing.
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Based on a script by Alfredo Conde, according to the end credits the film is based on a true story, that of
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The story takes place in 1851 in a small Spanish village apparently plagued by what we would now call a
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release in the United States on November 22, 2005 under the alternate title of
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The same case previously provided the basis for the 1968 Spanish film
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was nominated for a number of Spanish awards, including two
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The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta.
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The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta
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Paco Plaza
Alberto Marini
Brian Yuzna
Julian Sands
Elsa Pataky
John Sharian
Fantastic Factory
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Canal+ Spain
Lionsgate
horror film
Paco Plaza
Julian Sands
Elsa Pataky
John Sharian
Lion's Gate Entertainment
Manuel Blanco Romasanta
Galicia
Spain
El bosque del lobo
plot summary
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serial killer
lycanthropy
mental disorder
Julian Sands
Elsa Pataky
John Sharian

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