影片根据发生在法国国王路易十五统治时期的真实事件改编。
18世纪60年代中期,法国路易十五在位时,一只凶残异常的巨狼一直威胁着吉瓦冈地区,而受害者多是妇女和儿童。一时间,全法国都被触目惊心的血腥杀戮震惊了,无人知道凶兽真正面貌,有人盛传是魔鬼化身。为安定民心,路易十五指派皇家骑士弗朗萨克(塞缪尔·勒·比汉 Samuel Le Bihan 饰)捕杀怪兽。在吉瓦冈逗留期间,弗朗萨克爱上了当地伯爵...
811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate...