cub that was tortured into becoming vicious and trained to wear spiked metal armor. Fronsac takes pity and kills the beast in an act of mercy. Marquis finishes writing his account just before he is led to his execution by a revolutionary mob. He states that he doesn't know what happened to Fronsac and Marianne after the death of the beast; but he hopes that somewhere, they are happy together. A final scene shows Fronsac and Marianne sailing on a ship named Frère Loup—Brother Wolf. Cast Samuel Le Bihan as Knight Grégoire de Fronsac Vincent Cassel as Jean-François de Morangias Émilie Dequenne as Marianne de Morangias Monica Bellucci as Sylvia Jérémie Renier as Marquis Thomas d'Apcher Jacques Perrin as older Thomas d'Apcher / Narrator Mark Dacascos as Mani Jean Yanne as Count de Morangias Jean-François Stévenin as Father Henri Sardis Édith Scob as Countess Geneviève de Morangias Johan Leysen as Antoine de Beauterne Bernard Farcy as Intendant Pièrre-Jean Laffont Hans Meyer as Marquis d'Apcher Philippe Nahon as Jean Chastel Gaspard Ulliel as Louis Nicolas Vaude as Maxime des Forêts Virginie Darmon as La Bavarde Eric Prat as Captain Duhamel Jean-Loup Wolff as Duke Gontrand de Moncan Dee Bradley Baker as Beast vocal effects Reception Critical reception Brotherhood of the Wolf garnered mostly positive reviews, with a 72% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 119 reviews with the consensus stating: "Brotherhood of the Wolf mixes its genres with little logic, but the end result is wildly entertaining." whereas on Metacritic it accumulated a score of 57 from mixed reviews. The usage of various cinematographic techniques employed by Christophe Gans, the fight sequences, the atmosphere and particularly the performance of Marc Dacascos as the native-American Mani attracted particularly strong praise. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded it with a 3/4-star rating, writing: "I would be lying if I did not admit that this is all, in its absurd and overheated way, entertaining." James Berardinelli of ReelViews also rated the movie three stars out of four, saying that it "has something in it to appeal to just about everyone" and that it is "daring in its approach and successful in its result - assuming the result is to provide pure entertainment to the viewer." Michael Atkinson of Village Voice wrote "It's easily the most disarming and inventive movie made for genre geeks in years." Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News