米尔德里德(琼·克劳馥 Joan Crawford 饰)的丈夫蒙特(扎查瑞·斯考特 Zachary Scott 饰)抛弃了妻子,也抛弃了他们的两个女儿。米尔德里德对大女儿维达(安·布莱思 Ann Blyth 饰)尤为溺爱,心中充满了愧疚,宁愿去做卑微的餐厅服务员也要让女儿吃好的穿好的过上等人的生活。在母亲的纵容之下,维达渐渐变成了一个眼中只有荣华富贵的女人。
在威利(杰克·卡森 Jack Carson 饰)和艾伯特(布鲁斯·本内特 Bruce Bennett 饰)的帮助下,米尔德里德终于拥有了属于自己的餐厅,一家人终于脱离了苦海,而米尔德里德在艾伯特的身上亦再度找到了爱的感觉。然而,随着时间的推移,米尔德里德发现维达似乎亦在有意无意的勾引着艾伯特,母女之间的感情出现了裂痕。
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.