影片讲述一战中第一个获得英国维多利亚十字勋章的尼泊尔廓尔喀军人库尔伯·塔帕·玛加尔（Kulbir Thapa Magar VC）的经历，他曾在加里波第和埃及为大英帝国而战

　　

　　The five most ruthless torturers of Pinochet’s dictatorship are serving out sentences amounting to several hundred years in a luxury prison at the foot of the Andes. The place has a pool, gardens and aviaries where they are watched over by guards who feel more like their employees. When one of the inmates gives a TV interview, his declarations fuel an unexpected backlash. The fear of a possible move will make the men do everything in their power to stay put, unraveling the delirium and the violence.

《动物》讲述了欲望、激情和理性这些相互矛盾又造就生活的力量。Mati和她的一群男性伙伴，控制着他们的村庄，他们取笑邻居，骚扰女孩们。但当Mati最亲密的朋友Sebastian爱上了她，而Mati与她的敌人Carla也不期然地成为了朋友，情况悄然改变；同时Mati的父母也面临着决择：表象与现实，哪个更重要？导演Katharina Mückstein曾为电影制片人，2013年凭借电影《塔利娅》成为导演，并分别获得奥地利电影节“最佳影片”奖和苏黎世电影节“金眼睛”奖提名。