The Wolf's Call

Name: The Wolf's Call
Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure
Released: 2019-02-20
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Paula Beer

Le Chant du loup (2019)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Watch film The Wolf's Call — The Wolf's Call / Le Chant du loup (2019) - Trailer (English Subs)

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Release date

2019-02-20

Country

France

Production

Pathé, Trésor Films, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Jouror Productions

Genre

Thriller, Action, Adventure

Budget

$22 400 000

Revenue

$12 652 790

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Director

Antonin Baudry

Actors

François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Paula Beer, Alexis Michalik, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Damien Bonnard, Pierre Cevaer, Sébastien Libessart
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Scenario

Antonin Baudry

Producer

Jérôme Seydoux, Alain Attal, Ardavan Safaee

Operator

Pierre Cottereau

Composer

tomandandy

Artist

Benoît Barouh, Julie Plumelle, Clémence Janesky

Audition

Pierre-Jacques Bénichou

Editing

Saar Klein, Nassim Gordji-Tehrani
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Short description

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.

What's left behind the scenes

"The Wolf's Call" is what French submariners call the sound emitted by a hydroacoustic station (sonar) towed on the surface of the water to detect submarines at depth. Hearing "the Wolf’s Call" corresponds to the actual detection of a submarine.
In France, military acousticians are trained at a specialized educational institution – the "Center for Acoustic Interpretation and Recognition." Since its establishment in 1983, 220 specialists have been trained there, who are referred to as "Golden Ears" in the fleet.
D'Orsay (Omar Sy) gives a military salute as is customary in the US Navy – palm down; instead of the French military salute – palm outward.
The missile aimed at France was launched from the Pacific Ocean, near Kamchatka. According to the film, it flies over Russia, then over Eastern Europe. But since the Earth’s shape is closer to spherical, the missile should have flown along the shortest route over the North Pole.
'The call of the wolf' is how French submariners refer to the sound emitted by a towed array sonar used on the water's surface to detect submarines at depth. Hearing the 'call of the wolf' corresponds to the actual detection of a submarine.
D'Orcy (Omar Sy) salutes as is customary in the US Navy—with the palm facing down—rather than the French military salute, where the palm faces outward.