Director:
Christos Mouroukis
Short/Horror
According
to IMdB, this short horror flick was co-produced in Greece and Spain. The
dialog, even if there’s not much of it, is in Spanish. I don’t mind. The most
important thing about a movie isn’t which language it’s in but since I like to
understand what’s going on I needed the English subtitles, thanks!
The
title translated into something like In the Mouth of the Wolf, which is an
expression very similar to the way of wishing for good luck by the phrase –
break a leg. Having got that clear to me I understand the context of the flick
much better. It makes total sense that the title wishes the lead female good
luck, with an ironical tone, as she’s really beyond all hope. She’s lying on the
floor, bloody, and there’s this guy ready to beat her up some more. At the same
time we see her smoking a cigarette and talking about what’s happening to her.
I interpret that as her visualized thoughts really. It’s done in a very clever
way!
It’s a very
intense little thing even if it's just a few minutes long. As usual these short
movies are more or less one scene, a small fragment of something that could’ve
been a story on a much larger scale. I wish this was a longer movie actually! I
think that the director, who also plays the part on the killer by the way,
could keep it interesting for an hour and a half. This short story has such a
promise!
As
always when it comes to these short flicks, it’s hard to fit them into a
grading system. It’s not really fair to compare them with longer more complex
movies. But you have to take them for what they are and compare them with their
own peers so to speak. This is a quite suspenseful and thrilling little piece
that I’m glad I was able to see!
8/10
