奥吉(雅各布·特瑞布雷 Jacob Tremblay 饰)是一个10岁的男孩,除了头戴一个巨大的太空头盔外,他和其他的同年龄孩子别无二致。头盔下隐藏了奥吉因为各种手术而伤痕累累的脸庞,它不仅完美的隐藏起了奥吉脆弱自卑的内心,也成功的防止了奥吉的模样吓到别的孩子。
奥吉没有上过学,他的所有文化知识都是母亲伊莎贝尔(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)在家教授给他的。然而,伊莎贝尔渐渐感觉到,家庭课堂无法满足奥吉的成长需要,除了学习知识,奥吉还必须学会的,是如何同除了家人以外的人交流。在忧虑重重之中,伊莎贝尔将奥吉送入了一间公立学校里,在那里,奥吉面临的是他人生中必须要战胜的挑战。
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.