Olaf has disappeared. He only left Marie, his partner, a box of cassettes containing a hundred hours of rushes (the last nine years of his life) as well as a notebook... Marie then decides to "investigate". Day after day, she watches the images, fragments of life, and tries to reconstruct the journey of the man she loves in order to better understand his departure.
In it form,"La richesse du loup" " may put off many viewers because nothing really happens :it's slices of life ; there are hints at WW2 and the Algeria war ; Olaf must have hated his " géniteur" (sire, parent) ,never his mate who tells the story in voice over uses the word "father" .
Director Damien Odoul wrote:" Rich Is the Wolf is not a film about a dying world. It doesn't tell the story, too simple and so very in tune with the times, of an era that is unable to meet its challenges. This is a trip on the dimensions of a vast world that is still filled with desire, certainly manhandled but always present."
However ,this is essentially an experimental movie and its meaning may elude many a viewer.
