Fox on the Run: Carnoy Explores Bruised Masculinity

Following the incestuous liaison of Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer (2023), Samuel Kircher (son of Irene Jacob) braces for impact in more familiar territory with Wild Foxes, the directorial debut of Valéry Carnoy. Set at a sports specific boarding school, the original French language title, La Danse des Renards, perhaps misleads by highlighting the animalistic metaphors inherent to the narrative, the wily creatures having run amok in the forest surrounding the school grounds. A significant accident becomes a psychologically transformative experience for a main protagonist who must overcome a sudden onset of trauma related anxiety or else risk derailing his future.…...