When Animals Dream
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{{Infobox film
| name = When Animals Dream
| image = Naardyrenedrommerplakat.jpg
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| caption = Original film poster showing its Danish title
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| director = Jonas Alexander Arnby
| producer = Ditte Milsted
Caroline Bingestam
| writer = Rasmus Birch
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| starring = Lars Mikkelsen
Jakob Oftebro
Sonja Richter
| narrator =
| music = Mikkel Hess
| cinematography = Niels Thastum
| editing = Peter Brandt
| studio = AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen
| distributor = Nordisk Film
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|5|19|Cannes Film Festival}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = Denmark
| language = Danish
| budget = € 4 million{{cite web |last1=Keslassy |first1=Elsa |title=Berlin: Radius-TWC Wrestles Danish Werewolf Tale 'When Animals Dream' |date=9 February 2014 |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/berlin-radius-twc-wrestles-danish-werewolf-tale-animal-exclusive-1201094603/ |publisher=Variety |accessdate=8 August 2014}}
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When Animals Dream (originally titled as Når dyrene drømmer) is a 2014 Danish horror drama film, and the feature film directorial debut of Jonas Alexander Arnby.{{cite web |title=[AFM '13] New Look At 'Let the Right One In' Inspired 'When Animals Dream' |date=8 November 2013 |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3263761/afm-13-new-look-at-let-the-right-one-in-inspired-when-animals-dream/ |publisher=Bloody Disgusting |accessdate=8 August 2014}} The film had its world premiere on 19 May 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Sonia Suhl as a teenager that discovers that she is transforming into a werewolf.{{cite web |last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |title=Berlin: Radius-TWC Snags Coming Of Age Werewolf Import 'When Animals Dream' |date=9 February 2014 |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/berlin-radius-twc-werefolf-when-animals-dream-680279/ |publisher=Deadline |access-date=8 August 2014}}{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |title=Film Review: 'When Animals Dream' |website=Variety |date=6 June 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/when-animals-dream-review-1201494115/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608011057/https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/when-animals-dream-review-1201494115/ |archive-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2018}}
Plot
Marie (Sonia Suhl) is a shy sixteen-year-old growing up in a remote fishing village in Denmark where she lives with her father Thor (Lars Mikkelsen) and mother (Sonja Richter), who is catatonic and confined to a wheelchair. She's bothered by a strange rash that develops on her chest, only to become more unnerved when she begins to sprout hair. During this time Marie begins working at a fish processing plant where her coworkers bully her under the false premise that it is hazing and not intended to be malicious. As Marie's body undergoes more changes, she begins to realize that her family has been hiding strange secrets and that her mother's current condition may relate to what Marie is currently going through.
Cast
- Sonia Suhl as Marie
- Lars Mikkelsen as Thor
- Jakob Oftebro as Daniel
- Sonja Richter as Mother
- Mads Riisom as Felix
- Benjamin Boe Rasmussen as Ib
- Esben Dalgaard as Bjarne
Reception
Critical reception for When Animals Dream has been generally positive.{{cite web |last1=Hunter |first1=Alan |title=When Animals Dream (review) |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/when-animals-dream/5072174.article |publisher=Screen Daily |accessdate=8 August 2014}} It has a score of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes{{cite web |title=Når dyrene drømmer (When Animals Dream) (2014) |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/nar_dyrene_drommer/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=8 August 2014}} and of 54% on Metacritic.{{Cite web|url=https://metacritic.com/movie/when-animals-dream|title = When Animals Dream|website = Metacritic}} Shock Till You Drop compared the film favorably with the similarly themed films Let the Right One In and Ginger Snaps and commented that it was "a movie that lurks quietly in the shadows, stalking you until its ready to pounce and show you what big, sharp teeth it has".{{cite web |last1=Turek |first1=Ryan |title=Fantasia Review: Monstrous Teen Angst is Done Right in When Animals Dream |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/361653-fantasia-review-monstrous-teen-angst-done-right-animals-dream/ |publisher=STYD |accessdate=8 August 2014}} The Hollywood Reporter and Twitch Film also praised the movie,{{cite web |last1=Dalton |first1=Stephen |title='When Animals Dream' ('Nar dyrene drommer'): Cannes Review |date=19 May 2014 |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/review/animals-dream-nar-dyrene-drommer-705654 |publisher=THR |accessdate=8 August 2014}} and Twitch Film wrote that it was "a tremendous feature debut, haunting and elegiac, while not shying away from violence and sex. There is certainly no subtlety to the film; but then again, werewolves aren't meant to be subtle."{{cite web |last1=Rowan-Legg |first1=Shelagh M. |title=Cannes 2014 Review: WHEN ANIMALS DREAM, Stark And Haunting Arthouse Horror |url=http://twitchfilm.com/2014/05/cannes-2014-review-when-animals-dream-is-stark-and-haunting-arthouse-horror.html |publisher=Twitch Film |accessdate=8 August 2014}}
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