Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival, The Wolfpack is a heart-rending documentary about the Angulo children who spent most of their childhood locked away in a Manhattan apartment and whose only contact with reality was – cinema.
For a decade and a half, the seven Angulo children were locked away from the evils of society and dangers lurking on every possible corner in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nicknamed the Wolfpack, the brothers spend their childhood re-enacting their favourite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. With no friends, they feed their curiosity, creativity, and imagination with film, which allows them to escape from their feelings of isolation and loneliness. Everything changes when one of the brothers escapes, and the power dynamics in the house are transformed.
"It’s fascinating what the human spirit does when it’s confined. The downside to all the movies — and the Angulo brothers have seen, like, 5,000 — is that there are certain formulas to them. Real life is different. In real life, the girl doesn’t always break your heart. The boys are still struggling to understand that."
- Crystal Moselle