嘉莉(珍妮弗·琼斯 Jennifer Jones 饰)出身于偏僻贫穷的山村,长大之后,她来到了繁华的大都市芝加哥,希望能够在这里过上自己梦想中的生活。然而,现实却是残酷的,拮据的经济让她不得不过着寄人篱下的日子。一次偶然中,嘉莉在火车上遇见了名为杜洛埃(埃迪·艾伯特 Eddie Albert 饰)的男子,杜洛埃多金又慷慨,嘉莉遂即同他开始了同居生活。
之后,嘉莉又遇见了酒店老板赫斯渥(劳伦斯·奥利弗 Laurence Olivier 饰),在赫斯渥的身边,嘉莉总算过上了梦想中荣华富贵纸醉金迷的生活。可是好景不长,一场意外让赫斯渥千金散尽,就在两人举步维艰之时,嘉莉得到了一份在歌剧院的工作,嘉莉凭借着自己的美貌和歌喉很快蹿红,面对突然获得的财富和名誉,嘉莉决定抛弃赫斯渥。
“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.