March 25, 2019

New French Submarine Movie: The Wolf's Call / Le Chant du Loup


A trailer with English subtitles of "Le Chant du Loup" in English "The Wolf's Call". Much tension and action evident with a mysterious submarine closely tailing a French ballistic missile submarine. Meanwhile helicopters, divers, headquarters and a beautiful lady add excitement!
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Thanks KQN for pointing to a French submarine movie released in France and former French North Africa on February 20, 2019.

The movie titled "Le Chant du Loup" in English variously the "The Wolf's Call".

Clicking on this link http://www.pathefilms.com/film/lechantduloup, once translated reveals the film's:
 
Synopsis


"A young man [Chanteraide the Sonar Operator] has the rare gift of recognizing every sound he hears. On board a French [Rubis class exterior? acting as a French "SNLE" ie. SSBN] nuclear submarine, everything rests on him, the Golden Ear." 

"Deemed infallible, he makes an error that puts the crew in danger of death. He wants to regain the confidence of his comrades but his quest leads them to an even more dramatic situation." 

"In the world of nuclear deterrence and misinformation, they find themselves trapped in [a crisis spiralling rapidly out of control]." 

A movie directed and written by Antonin Baudry

Starring:


François Civil as Chanteraide the sonar operator with the "Golden Ear"
-  Omar Sy
-  Mathieu Kassovitz
Reda Kateb, and
Paula Beer the obligatory beautiful lady in a man's world!


Released in France first, February 20, 2019 "

PETE COMMENT

In real life there may be 2 or 3 sonar operators (1 senior, 1-2 more junior) on watch. The operators are assisted by the Combat System of sensors, software to electronic processors/database/library to help determine, or confirm, what type of submarine and other in-water and just-over-surface aircraft sounds are out there. But experience counts a lot. So there is room for "the Golden Ear".


The Wolf film appear to have many SSN vs SSBN parallels with The Hunt for Red October. Can the Wolf (music by Tomandandy) match Red October's Academy Award winning sound editing

But are they different? 

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