Gone to the Wolves

In this latest from Berlin Prize winner Wray (Godsend), three heavy-metal fans become fast friends in a Florida high school in the late 1980s. Kira is a lifelong Floridian, Kip has moved in with his grandmother after being abandoned by his drug-addicted mother, and Leslie is a gay Black man adopted by a white family. After graduating, the three head to Los Angeles, where Kip writes for music publications, Kira works at a club frequented by metal bands, and Leslie insinuates himself in the metal scene before overdosing and returning to Florida. Ultimately, Kip and Kira become lovers and take an extended trip to Europe until she comes under the spell of a Norwegian metal band and the death cult around them and leaves him to join them in Norway. Back in LA a few years later, Kip receives a visit from Interpol, who are investigating Kira’s disappearance. He reunites with Leslie, and the pair embark on a dangerous trip deep into the Norwegian forest to search for Kira—who may or may not still be alive.