A teenage girl is being examined by a physician. He seems to be looking for something specific--we learn not what. The girl, Marie, is concerned about a rash on her chest. Marie and the father take care of the disabled, wheelchair-bound mother/wife.Then Marie gets a job at a fish processing plant. There she is hazed and eventually bullied by some guys. She also meets a guy whom she likes and who likes her. They go out a couple of times.The good doctor also treats Marie's mom and one day Marie steals a file from him where she discovers some notes and the picture of an old shipwreck. She learns that it belonged to some Russians but that her mother dispatched them. There she gets intimate with her friend.When the father decides to have Marie medicated--her rash is getting worse--Marie cries for her mother's help when suddenly something appears and kills the doctor. The towns' leaders appear and have a chat with the family. Eventually, the mother dies, Marie's condition worsens, and she takes several important decisions for her life. But the town, too, takes a decision in regard to her.It's hard not to talk about this movie without revealing what is going on. The movie itself is undecided whether it wants the werewolf angle to be a surprise or not. The pace is exceedingly slow. Even though the family is undergoing a serious crisis, the family members have very little to say to each other. The dad tries to keep the family together but presumably is trying to conceal the condition to the daughter who is the one undergoing it. The daughter is obviously aware what's going on. What should be dramatically powerful isn't presented that way at all. It is interesting that this movie presents human disability as the flipside of superhuman powers. Also interesting is the deal the town has with the family. Everyone knows what they are, supposedly they fear them, but not enough not to provoke the daughter.When Animals Dream is one Euro-pompous title for a movie that offers very little. It tries to be a horror-drama with little horror and little drama. In the absence of a basic attempt to entertain the audience, this movie could have tried to make a point--it doesn't. It could have gone an artsy route, but it doesn't do that either. At the very least it could have shows us some sights or ways of Denmark, but it doesn't bother. I can't think of many reasons to recommend this movie. It reminds me of those lackluster European made-for-TV movies with overly-modest ambitions.

"When Animals Dream" is a pseudo Werewolf movie. The main character, Marie (Sonia Suhl) goes through some slow yet perturbing bodily changes and she doesn't know why. Her father wants to medicate her to prevent the inevitable but she'll have nothing of it.This film starts of slow in a good way. It takes time to set the mood and introduce the setting and the characters. The problem is that it continued to be slow even after we were aware of the direction of the movie.Although billed as a horror it was far more drama. They tried to make it too poetic; establishing mood with very little dialog and plenty of music, non-verbal communication and imagery. It maintained a somber mood much of the movie with only small glimpses of action.What was clear was that Marie was the victim in this and the townsfolk were the ill-intentioned oppressors. That's how they painted it but that's not how I viewed it.Marie is a small, docile, nubile young woman that still lives at home. She just wants to lead a normal life. Whatever happened to her, whatever she did as a result can hardly be blamed on her. Except that the world doesn't operate like that. People like safety and security even if from those without a heart to do wrong. Even though Marie was painted as and represented the underdog, she was nothing but.

So, last night I just finished watching Spring. Wow does these 2 resemble a lot! Sadly, in a bad way...Let's see: both of them involve a woman, going through changes, becoming something different, a monster if you like. Any originality here? Of course not, just making the most of a indeed small budget, but it will easily go unnoticed, cause let's face it, this is not what anyone is looking for when searching for a horror. It is another dull ride, maybe a tad bit better than Spring indeed, nevertheless, dull, heading to a romantic ending and that's that.I won't recommend it "When animals dream", but if you're searching for something familiar, a movie about an isolated place, you could put an eye on "The dark" or ""Dorothy Mills". Both of them, far better!Cheers!

WHEN ANIMALS DREAM (2014) **1/2 Sonia Suhl , Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Jakob Oftebro, Mads Riisom. Affective yet stilted horror film from the Danes, first-time director Jonas Alexander Arnby about a cursed family - a young woman (Suhl) in a small town working in a local cannery is under scrutiny when her unknown past becomes a shocking reality: inherited lychanthropy from her vegetative mother (Richter). When push comes to shove in the constant hazing and bullying within her lame workforce the latent beast makes its presence known. Beautifully shot by Niels Thastum and a few twists on the old genre make for fine visuals as well as a sadly stoic turn by Mikkelsen (Mads' real-life bro) add some gravitas in spite of the thin plotting.