Official Selection - Out of Competition 2019 / The True Adventures of Wolfboy / USA 2019
Paul, the protagonist of Martin Krejčí’s eagerly anticipated feature debut, is growing up with his father. Making friends is practically impossible because he looks drastically different from his peers: he has the condition known as congenital hypertrichosis, meaning that he suffers from an abnormal amount of hair growth all over his face and body. On his thirteenth birthday, Paul decides to seek out his mother in order to get answers to unasked questions.
Paul is a loner who exchanges a mere few words with his father every now and then. His mother left them long ago, long enough for the silent kid to remember her only through a cloud of illusions. Making friends is practically impossible because he looks drastically different from his peers: he has the condition known as congenital hypertrichosis, meaning that he suffers from an abnormal amount of hair growth all over his face and body. On his thirteenth birthday, Paul decides to take his unenviable fate into his own hands and seek out his mother in order to get answers to unasked questions. In his masterfully directed feature debut – an archetypal search for identity despite the odds – Martin Krejčí skillfully combines a solid grounding in contemporary reality with the otherness of a world reminiscent of myth and legend.
Karel Och
88 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Martin Krejčí
/ Screenplay Olivia Dufault
/ Dir. of Photography Andrew Droz Palermo
/ Music Nick Urata
/ Editor Joseph Krings
/ Art Director Aaron Osborne
/ Producer Kimberly Steward, Josh Godfrey, Lauren Beck, Declan Baldwin, Benjamin Blake
/ Production K Period Media
/ Coproduction Big Indie Pictures
/ Cast Jaeden Martell, John Turturro, Eve Hewson, Chris Messina, Chloë Sevigny
/ Sales Fifth Season
Martin Krejčí (b. 1977, Prague). Filmography: Fricasse (2003, short), Little Secret (Strach, 2013, short), The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
Fifth Season
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Josh Godfrey
Producer
Martin Krejčí
Film Director
Jaeden Martell
Actor
Sveta Dorosheva
Andrew Droz Palermo
Film Director
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