The Pack

The Pack is a 2010 horror film directed and written by Franck Richard. It stars Yolande Moreau, Philippe Nahon, Émilie Dequenne and Benjamin Biolay. The film is about Charlotte and Max who come across a restaurant. After Max disappears, Charlotte returns later to find him and gets herself trapped in a cage by the restaurant owner, who has a pack of cannibals with her. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2010 and was first shown in North America at the Fantasia Festival. The film has received generally mixed reviews. Plot A young female traveler, Charlotte (Émilie Dequenne) gets into a fight with a group of bikers. After this, she meets Max, a hitchhiker. The two stop off at La Spack, a rundown roadside eatery run by a woman (Yolande Moreau), after whom the restaurant is named. The biker gang reappears and is chased off by the owner of the restaurant. Moments later, Max vanishes after heading to the bathroom. Charlotte elects to investigate at nightfall to the spot where Max disappeared. Charlotte later finds herself bound and caged, a prisoner of La Spack, who sees her as the next meal for her brood, a pack of ghouls. Cast Yolande Moreau as La Spack Émilie Dequenne as Charlotte Philippe Nahon as Chinaski, a retired cop. Benjamin Biolay as La Spack's son Eric Godon as Jean-Jean Matthias Schoenaerts as The Gothic sham Production The Pack is the debut feature of director Franck Richard. Richard said that he created the film as he had "liked genre films ever since I was a child"